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Noble

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An ancient coin, so called on account of the superior excellency of its gold. Nobles were originally disposed of as a reward for good news, or important service done. Edward III. was the first who coined rose nobles (q.v.), and gave 100 of them to Gobin Agace of Picardy, for showing him a ford across the river Somme, when he wanted to join his army.

The Noble. Charles III. of Navarre (1361–1425). Soliman Tchelibi, Turkish prince at Adrianople (died 1410).

 

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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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No-Popery Riots
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Noah’s Ark
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Noakes (John) or John o Noakes
Nob (The)
Nob of the First Water (A)
Nobs and Snobs
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Noble Soul
Noblesse Oblige (French)
Noctes Ambrosianæ
Noctuas Athenas Ferre
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Nod (The Land of)
Noddy
Nodel
Noël
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