nosegent

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noun

A nun.

Scrabble 9

Meanings

nounnosegent (plural nosegents)

plural nosegents

  1. Londonarchaicstreet cantA nun.

    'Oh, I forgot,' he said, mincing, 'you nosegents is so fokking pure.'

    2019, Diana Norman, The Pirate Queen
    2 more examples

    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.

    1871, Charles Hindley, The Old Book Collector's Miscellany

    'Still the lovely old nosegents were generous with their information when I asked about the grave.'

    2017, Anabelle Bryant, The Den Of Iniquity

Origin

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APA

nosegent. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nosegent

MLA

“nosegent.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nosegent. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “nosegent,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nosegent.

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