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North

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He’s too far north for me. Too canny, too cunning to be taken in; very hard in making a bargain. The inhabitants of Yorkshire are supposed to be very canny, especially in driving a bargain.

 

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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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Norfolk Street (Strand)
Norma
Normandy
Norna
Norna of the Fitful Head
Nornir or Norns
Norrisian Professor
Norroy
Norte
North (Christopher)
North
North-east Passage (The)
North Side of the Altar (The)
North Side of a Churchyard
Northamptonshire Poet
Northern Bear
Northern Gate of the Sun
Northern Lights
Northern Wagoner (The)
Norval
Norway (Maid of)