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Little Nell

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A child of beautiful purity of character, living in the midst of selfishness, worldliness, and crime. (Dickens: Old Curiosity Shop.)

 

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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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Little Britain
Little Corporal (The)
Little Dauphin (The)
Little Ease
Little-Endians
Little Englanders
Little-Go
Little Jack Horner
Little John
Little Masters
Little Nell
Little Ones (The)
Little Paris
Little Pedlington
Little Red Ridinghood
Little Gentleman in Velvet (The)
Little Packs become a Little Pediar
Liturgy
Live
Liver-vein (The)
Livered