nosegent

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English

Noun

nosegent (plural nosegents)

  1. (archaic, London, street cant) A nun.
    • 1871, Charles Hindley, The Old Book Collector's Miscellany:
      There was a proud patrico and a nosegent, he toke his Jockam in his famble, and a wapping he went, he dockt the Dell, he prygge to praunce, he byngd a wast into the darkemans, he fylche the Cofe without any fylche man.
    • 2017, Anabelle Bryant, The Den Of Iniquity:
      'Still the lovely old nosegents were generous with their information when I asked about the grave.'
    • 2019, Diana Norman, The Pirate Queen:
      'Oh, I forgot,' he said, mincing, 'you nosegents is so fokking pure.'
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