Nosebag, subs. (waiters').—1. A sea-side visitor who carries his own victuals with him.
2. (common).—A veil.
3. (old: now recognised).—A bag of provender fastened to a horse's head.—Grose (1788).—Whence (colloquial) a hand-bag.
1887. Cornhill Mag., April, 370. So I yesterday packed up my nosebag, and away I posted down to Aldgate.
To have the nose-bag in one's face. See quot
1788. Grose, Vulg. Tongue, s.v. Nose-bag. I see the nose-bag in his face; i.e., he has been a private man, or rode private.
To put on the nose-bag, verb. phr. (colloquial).—To eat hurriedly, or whilst at work.
Nosegent, subs. (Old Cant).—See
quot. 1785.
1573. Harman, Caveat (Repr. 1814), p. 87. There was a proude patrico and a nosegent.
c.1696. B. E., Dict. Cant. Crew, s.v.
1720. New Cant. Dict., s.v.
1785. Grose, Vulg. Tongue, s.v. Nose-gent, a nun.
Nose'm, sub. (common).—Tobacco;
fogus (q.v.).
Nosender (Noser or Nosegay),
subs. (pugilists').—A bloody blow
on the nose.
1823. Grose, Vulg. Tongue [Egan], s.v. Nose-gay. A blow on the nose. Pugilistic cant.
1851-61. Mayhew, London Lab., 1. 14. A bloody nose however is required to show that the blow was veritably a noser.
1860. Bradley ('Cuthbert Bede'), Verdant Green, ii. p. 25. You see, Sir, said the Pet, I ain't used to the feel of it, and I couldn't go to business properly, or give a straight nosender, nohow.
1868. Whyte Melville, White Rose, xxxvi. He told his neighbour at the Blues Mess how it was a regular nose-ender for the Dandy, and he was glad of it.
1876. Hindley, Adventures of a Cheap Jack, 190. Giving the man such a nose-ender that sent him all abroad.
Noser-my-Knacker, subs. phr.
(rhyming).—Tobacco; fogus-
(q.v.)
Nose-warmer, subs. (common).—A
short pipe. Fr., un brûle-gueule.
Nose-watch, phr. (Old Cant).—See
quot. and Watch.
1573. Harman, Caveat (E. E. T. S. Rept.), 85. I will lage it of with a gage of benebouse; then cut to my nose watch. I wull washe it off with a quart of good drynke; then say to me what thou wylt.
Nose-wipe, s. phr. (vulgar).—A
handkerchief: see Fogle.
Nos-rap, subs. phr. (back-slang).—A
parson; a devil-dodger (q.v.).
Nostrum, subs. (old: now recognised).—See
quot.
1785. Grose, Vulg. Tongue, s.v. Nostrum, a medicine prepared by particular persons only, a quack medicine.
Not. See Baker; care; carrot;
curse; dam; devil; feather;
fig; fit; fly; half bad; in
it; joe (or joseph); long shot
(or sight); much; shower;
rap; to-day; worth; yester-day.
Notch, subs. (venery).—See quot.,
and Monosyllable.
1785. Grose, Vulg. Tongue, s.v. Notch, the private parts of a woman.
Verb. (cricketers').—1. To score; and (2—common) to denote an advantage: e.g., 'Notch me another.'
