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Nelly

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Word	Definition
mrsnoun	Abbreviation of Missus or Mistress; used before an adult woman's name or surname, used for any high-status woman without regard to marital status until the 1800s, after which it began to be reserved for married, divorced and widowed women and used with their married surnames.
missnoun	A failure to obtain or accomplish something; a failure to succeed.
nellienoun	A diminutive of the female given names Eleanor, Ellen, Helen, or Chanel; popular as a formal given name at the turn of the 20th century.
neelynoun	A surname.
nigelnoun	A male given name from Latin, of mostly British usage.
nicknoun	A small cut in a surface.
uncle nednoun	(Cockney rhyming slang) bed.
nibsnoun	(cribbage) A jack turned up by the dealer.
alrightniknoun	(colloquial) A person who has attained a successful lifestyle, but is considered vulgar or nouveau riche.
neddynoun	A donkey or ass.
cockneynoun	Of or relating to people from this area or their speech style.
sighnoun	A deep, prolonged audible inhale and exhale of breath; as when fatigued, frustrated, grieved, or relieved; the act of sighing.
brass nailnoun	(Cockney rhyming slang) A prostitute.
niggynoun	(offensive, ethnic slur) A nigger (black person).
nickernoun	A soft neighing sound characteristic of a horse.
cobblersnoun	(Cockney rhyming slang) Nonsense.
noncenoun	(lexicography) A nonce word.
alan whickersnoun	(Cockney rhyming slang) knickers.
nikkernoun	(uncommon) Alternative form of nicker (“A sea devil.”). [(British, slang) Pound sterling.]
barnetnoun	(Cockney rhyming slang) hair (on one's head)