2. (common).—Fruitful of details; spicy (q.v.).
1894. Sala, London up to date, 329. The case, he incidentally adds, promises to be a nutty one.
3. (common).—Smart; doggy (q.v.); swagger (q.v.); nobby (q.v.); nice (q.v.).
1823. Byron, Don Juan, xi. . . . So prime, so gay, so nutty and so knowing.
1839. Reynolds, Pickwick Abroad, 223. And the beak wore his nuttiest wig.
1841. Martin and Aytoun, Bon Gaultier Ballads, The Nutty Blowen [Title].
1842. Punch, iii. 126. Colin Youth's most nutty son.
1893. Milliken, 'Arry Ballads, 75. Life goes on nutty and nice.
Nux, subs. (thieves').—The object
in view; the plant (q.v.); the
lay (q.v.).
Nymph of darkness (or the
pavement), subs. phr. (colloquial).—A
prostitute: see Barrack-hack
and Tart.
Nyp. See nip.
