influence of older Dutch expressions like zo zwart als de nikker, with necker, nicker meaning "water demon, evil spirit, devil", from Proto-Germanic *nikwiz-...
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Some of the venues had jovial names, like "Kod pocepanih gaća" [Chez Torn Nickers] and "Sedam Švaba" [Seven Swabians], or were named after the edifices they...
173 KB (20,257 words) - 19:00, 28 November 2024
or congratulating them. nicker (colloquial) 1 pound, maintains singular form when used in a plural context ("it cost me 2 nicker"), rarely used in the singular...
133 KB (15,614 words) - 20:27, 19 December 2024
veritable mess of multiple overlapping systems of weights and currencies. Around the 780s, the Frankish emperor Charlemagne cut through the mess by creating...
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condition, "to be in good nick"[citation needed] nicked Arrested or stolen. nicker Pound sterling. noggin a lump of Hashish, bigger than a blim but less than...
68 KB (8,040 words) - 21:41, 5 September 2024