NAIL-SCISSORS n. The crossed sword and baton worn as a badge of rank by a General.
NAPOO adj. (Fr., Il n'y a pas de plus) Ended; finished; empty; dead.
NARK n. A malevolent or bad-tempered person; spoil-sport.
NAVEL n. See GUTZER.
NAY expr. No. Mesopotamia (Hindustani).
NECK n. Impudence.
NEECHI VOR expr. Very well; it doesn't matter. Russia.
NEUF-DEUX n. A nine-point-two inch calibre Howitzer shell or gun.
NEW-LAID EGG n. An innocent or unsophisticated person.
NILE WORM n. Bilharzia.
NIP v. To cadge (or 'Put in the nips').
NIT n. Military policeman.
NO FARVER, NO MUVVER expr. A catch phrase which implies the remainder of the original expression - i.e., 'poor little feller!'
NO GOOD TO GUNDY adj. Of no advantage.
NO MAN'S LAND n. Ground lying between the enemy firing line and our own.
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