NumeroHomme de numero—that is “un homme fin en affaires.” M. Walckenaer says it is a shop phrase, meaning that he knows all the numbers of the different goods, or all the private marks indicative of price and quality. Il n'etoit lors, de Paris jusqu a Rome, Galant qui sut si bien le namero. La Fontaine: Richard Minutoto. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894 More on Numero from Infoplease:
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