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Nettoyer (French)

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Nettoyer ùne personne, çest à dire luy gagner tout son argent.” (Oudin Curiositez Francoises.)

Our English phrase, “I cleaned him out,” is precisely tantamount to it.

 

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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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Nesrem
Nessus
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Nest-egg (A)
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Nestorians
Nethinim
Nettle
Nettles
Nettoyer (French)
Never
Never Say Die
Nevers
New Brooms sweep Clean
New Christians
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New Man
New Style
New Testament
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