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Word / Phrase |
use |
Meaning |
| Namby pamby | phr. | Weak, ineffectual |
| Narky | adj. | Cranky |
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Nary a one |
n. phr. |
None |
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National handler |
n. |
Front-man for a politician |
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Never never |
n. adj. |
Hire purchase, instalment payments |
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Next nor near |
adj. |
Near |
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Nicely |
adj. |
Fine, good, well |
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Nick |
adj. |
Condition |
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Night train |
n. phr. |
Detoxification programme for drug users |
| Nifty | adj. | Useful |
| Nifty fifty | n | Honda 50 motorcycle |
| Ninety nine | n. | Ice-cream cone with a chocolate cone in it |
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Nip |
n. |
Naked; nude, as in 'I saw her in the nip' |
| Nits | n. | Head lice |
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Nixer / nickser |
n. |
Work undertaken outside normal paid employment, and usually clandestinely |
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No better man |
phr. |
Imply appropriateness or suitability |
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Nobel call |
n. phr |
Invitation to sing / perform at a social gathering |
| Northside | adj | The meant-to-be bad area of Dublin, it`s is north of the Liffey. Includes Cabra, Raheny, Finglas, Ballymun, Baldoyle, Santry and Clontarf (which is posh in some areas). See also Southside and Westside |
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Not a child in the house washed |
phr. |
Nothing accomplished, protest at being overcome by events |
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Not a word of a lie |
n. phr. |
The whole truth |
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Notion |
n. |
Pretentious inflated opinion, thought, idea |
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Nourished |
adj |
A drink taken |
Most recent version
13-Dec-2006
To be updated from time to time
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