Citations:namous

English citations of namous, nammus, and nommus

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1841, Henry Downes Miles, chapter XXXIX, in Dick Turpin‎^[1], 4th edition, London: William Mark Clark, published 1845, page 267:
None of us know'd then—though the grabbing at Nan Turner's came off that very night—as Polly was the cause o' that 'ere, till it vos blown here at the Gate by some of the coves. Vell, she nammused, as you may guess, but fust poor old Madge Rhodes got a chive in her breather from Black Gil.
1857, James Ewing Ritchie, “The Costermongers' Free-And-Easy”, in The Night Side of London‎^[2], page 193:
Master Whelkey will answer perhaps, "But kool the esilop (look at the police), kool him (look at him). Curly: Nommus (be off), I am going to do the tightner" (have my dinner).
1866 March 3, “London Revelations”, in The London Miscellany‎^[3], number 4, page 57, column 3:
One said bitterly he never knew the trade like it was lately. It was a regular trosseno (bad one). If it went on that always, he said, he should precious soon nommus (cut it), for there was not no sort of living to be had now-a-days on the cross (by theiving).

					1851
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1851, Henry Mayhew, “Gambling of Costermongers”, in London Labour and the London Poor‎^[4], volume 1, page 17:
One boy (of the party) is always on the look out, and even if a stranger should advance, the cry is given of "Namous" or "Kool Eslop." Instantly the money is whipped-up and pocketed, and the boys stand chattering and laughing together.