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 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.