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National Exhibition

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So Douglas Jerrold called a public execution at the Old Bailey. These scandals were abolished in 1868. Executions now take place in the prison yard.

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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Nasser
Nastrond [dead-man’s region]
Nathaniel (Sir)
Nation of Gentlemen
Nation of Shopkeepers
National Anthem
National Anthems
National Colours
National Convention
National Debt
National Exhibition
National Workshops
Native
Nativity (The)
Natty
Natty Bumppo
Natural (A)
Nature
Naught (not “nought”)
Naught
Naughty Figs (Jeremiah xxiv. 2)