ning nong

Australia/ˈnɪŋˌnɔŋ/

A form of ning-nong — A stupid person; an idiot.

Meanings

nounning nong (plural ning nongs)

plural ning nongs

  1. AustraliaNew ZealandalternativeAlternative form of ning-nong.
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    Hilda explains everyone in ′Strilia imagines England now country hardly fit to graze saltbush weaners, bosses continually coming the raw prawn with trade union larrikins, mind you, her dad gets as mad as a mule with a squib up its arse as he comes the bludger with that bunch of ning nongs – ta darl, she says, Andy handing her a half-pint glass of gin and ton.

    1982, Richard Gordon, Doctor Gordon′s Casebook, published 2001, page 48
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