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neb | ned |

As an initialism ned is

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neb

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (now dialectal) A bird's beak or bill.
  • (obsolete) A person's mouth.
  • (now dialectal) A person's nose.
  • (now dialectal) The nose or snout of an animal, now especially of a fish.
  • (now dialectal) A projecting extremity; a point or sharp projection.
  • * 1658', In Acorns the '''nebb dilating splitteth the two sides, which sometimes lye whole, when the Oak is sproated two handfuls. — Sir Thomas Browne, ''The Garden of Cyrus (Folio Society 2007, p. 183)
  • (now dialectal) A nib, as of a pen.

    • Derived terms

    * nebby (Geordie)

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    ned

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (Scotland, slang, pejorative, offensive) A person, usually a youth, of low social standing and education, a violent disposition and with a particular style of dress (typically sportswear or Burberry), speech and behaviour.
  • * 2007 (Scotland), RecordView'' in ''Daily Record, 14 Feb 07 , Scottish Daily Record and Sunday Mail, p. 8,
    • The mindless behaviour of drunken neds and nuisance neighbours brings misery to tens of thousands of honest folk.

    Synonyms

    * chav (England) * charva (Northeast England) * Scally (Northern England) * scanger * Senga (Scotland) * yob, yobbo * spide (Northern Ireland)

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