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Dictionary of Phrase and Fable
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N. H. Bugs.
nth
Nab
Nab-man
Nabo
Nabob'
Nabonassar
Naboth's Vineyard
Nadab
Nadir
Nadir Shah
Nag
Nag, Nagging
Nag's Head Consecration
Naga
Naglfar
Nahushtan
Naiads
Nail
Nail-money
Nail fixed in the Temple
Nail in One's Coffin
Nail One's Colours to the Mast
Nailed
Nails driven into Cottage Walls
Nails of the Cross
Nain Rouge
Naivete
Naked Lady
Naked Truth
Nakeer
Nala
Nama
Namby Pamby Philips
Name
Name-son
Name the Day
Names
Nancy
Nancy of the Vale
Nankeen
Nanna
Nannie
Nantes
Nap
Naphtha
Napiers Bones
Napoleon III
Napping
Nappy Ale
Naraka
Narcissa
Narcissus
Nardac
Narrow House
Narrowdale Noon
Narses
Narwhal
Naseby
Nasi
Naso
Nasser
Nastrond
Nathaniel
Nation of Gentlemen
Nation of Shopkeepers
National Anthem
National Anthems
National Colours
National Convention
National Debt
National Exhibition
National Workshops
Native
Nativity
Natty
Natty Bumppo
Natural
Nature
Naught
Naughty Figs
Navigation
Navvy
Nay-word
Nayres
Nazaræans
Nazarene
Nazareth
Nazarite
Ne plus Ultra
Ne Sutor
Neæera
Neapolitan
Near
Near Side
Neat as a Bandbox
Neat as a Pin
Neat as Wax
Nebo
Nebraska
Nebuchadnezzar
Necessity
Neck
Neck-verse
Neck-weed
Neck and Crop
Neck and Heels
Neck and Neck
Neck or Nothing
Necked
Necklace
Necromancy
Nectar
Neddy
Need Makes the old Wife Trot
Needs must when the Devil Drives
Needfire
Needful
Needham
Needle
Negative Pregnant
Negro
Negro Offspring
Negroni
Negus
Nehallenia
Nehushtan
Neiges d'Antan
Neken
Neksheb
Nell's Point
Nem. Con
Nem. Diss
Nemean Games
Nemean Lion
Nemesis
Nemo Me Impune Lacessit
Neology
Neoptolemos
Nepenthe
Neper's Bones
Nephelo-coccygia
Nephew
Nepomuk
Nepotism
Neptune
Neptune's Horse
Neptunian
Nereids
Nereus
Nerine
Nerissa
Nero
Nero of the North
Nero's Friend
Nesr
Nesrem
Nessus
Nest
Nest-egg
Nestor
Nestorians
Nethinium
Nettle
Nettles
Nettoyer
Never
Never Say Die
Nevers
New Brooms sweep Clean
New Christians
New Jerusalem
New Man
New Style
New Testament
New World
New Year's Day
New Year's Gifts
News
Newcastle
Newcastle Programme
Newcome
Newcomes
Newgate
Newgate Fashion
Newgate Fringe
Newgate Knocker
Newland
Newton
Newtonian Philosophy
Next Door to
Next to Nothing
Nibelung
Nibelungen Hoard
Nibelungen-Lied
Nibelungen-Not
Nibelungers
Nic Frog
Nice
Nice as Ninepence
Nicean Barks
Nicene Creed
Niche
Nicholas
Nick
Nicka-Nan Night
Nickar
Nickel Silver
Nicker
Nickleby
Nickname
Nicknames
Nickneven
Nicolaitans
Nicolas
Nicor
Nicotine
Nidhogg
Niece
Niflheim
Night
Nightcap
Nightingale
Nightmare
Nihilists
Nihilo
Nil Admirari
Nil Desperandum
Nile
Nilica
Nimble as a Cat on a hot Bake-stone
Nimble as Ninepence
Nimbus
Nimini Pimini
Nimrod
Nincompoop
Nine
Nine Crosses
Nine Crowns
Nine Days' Wonder
Nine Gods
Nine Points of the Law
Nine Spheres
Nine Worthies
Ninepence
Ninian
Ninon de I'Enclos
Ninus
Niobe
Niord
Nip
Nip in the Bud
Nip-cheese
Nipperkin
Nirvana
Nishapoor
Nisi Prius
Nisroch
Nit
Nitouche
Nix
Nixon
Nizam'
Njord
No Man is a Hero to his own Valet
No More Poles
No-Popery Riots
Noah's Ark
Noah's Wife
Noakes
Nob
Nob of the First Water
Nobs and Snobs
Noble
Noble Soul
Noblesse Oblige
Noctes Ambrosia'næ
Noctuas Athenas Ferre
Nod
Noddy
Nodel
Noel
Nokomis
Nolens Volens
Noli me Tangere
Noll
Nolle Prosequi
Nolo Episcopari
Nom
Nomads
Nominalists
Non Angli sed Angeli, si forent Christiani
Non Bis in Idem
Non-Com
Non Compos Mentis
Non Con
Non Est
Non mi Recordo
Non Plus
Non Pros
Non Sequitur
Nonce
Nonconformists
Nones
Nonjurors
Nonne Prestes Tale
Nor
Norfolk
Norfolk-Howards
Norfolk Street
Norma
Normandy
Norna
Norna of the Fitful Head
Nornir
Norrisian Professor
Norroy
Norte
North
North-east Passage
North Side of the Altar
North Side of a Churchyard
Northamptonshire Poet
Northern Bear
Northern Gate of the Sun
Northern Lights
Northern Wagoner
Norval
Norway
Nose
Nose-bag
Nose Literature
Nose Tax
Nose of Wax
Nose Out of Joint
Nosey
Nosnot-Bocai
Nostradamus
Nostrum
Not
Not at Home
Not Worth a Rap
Not Worth a Rush
Not Worth a Straw
Not Worth Your Salt
Notables
Notarica
Notary Public
Notation
Notch
Note of Hand
Nothing
Notoriety
Nottingham
Nottingham Lambs
Nourmahal'
Nous
Nous Avons Change Tout Cela
Novatians
November 17
Novum Organum
Now-a-days
Now-now
No wheres
Noyades
Nucta
Nude
Nugget of Gold
Nulla Linea
Nulli Secundus Club
Numa
Numancia
Number Nip
Number One
Number of the Beast
Numbers
Numerals
Numero
Numidicus
Nunation
Nunc Dimittis
Nunc Stans
Nuncupative Will
Nunky pays for all
Nuremberg Eggs
Nurr and Spell
Nurse an Omnibus
Nurseries
Nursery Tales
Nut
Nuts of May
Nuts
Nut-brown Maid
Nutcrack Night
Nutcrackers
Nutshell
Nym
Nyse
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