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Nucta

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or miraculous drop which falls in Egypt on St. John’s day (June), is supposed to have the effect of stopping the plague. Thomas Moore refers to it in his Paradise and the Peri.

 

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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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Nourmahal
Nous
Nous Avons Changé Tout Cela
Novatians
November 17
Novum Organum
Now-a-days
Now-now
Nowheres
Noyades
Nucta
Nude
Nugget of Gold
Nulla Linea
Nulli Secundus Club
Numa
Numancia
Number Nip
Number One
Number of the Beast
Numbers (from 1 to 13)