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Nice as Ninepence

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A corruption of “Nice as nine-pins.” In the game of nine-pins, “men” are set in three rows with the utmost exactitude or nicety. Nine-pence is an Irish shilling of 1561. (See Ninepence.)

 

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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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Next to Nothing
Nibelung
Nibelungen Hoard
Nibelungen-Lied
Nibelungen-Nôt
Nibelungers
Nic Frog
Nice
Nice as Ninepence
Nicean Barks or Nycean Barks
Nicene Creed
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Nicholas (St.)
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Nicka-Nan Night
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Nickel Silver
Nicker
Nickleby (Mrs.)

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