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Nation of Shopkeepers

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Napoleon was not the first to call the English “a nation of shopkeepers” in contempt.

 

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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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Narrowdale Noon (Till)
Narses
Narwhal
Naseby (Northamptonshire)
Nasi
Naso
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

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Nation of Shopkeepers