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nosegents

nosegents is the plural of nosegent.

Meaning of nosegent

Noun

nosegent (plural nosegents)

  1. (London, archaic, street cant) A nun.
    • 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

Questions about nosegents

What is nosegents the plural of?
Nosegents is the plural of nosegent.

Words near nosegents in the dictionary

  1. nosegay
  2. nosegayed
  3. nosegays
  4. nosegear
  5. nosegent
  6. nosegents
  7. noseglasses
  8. nosegrab
  9. nosegrabs
  10. nosegrind
  11. nosegrinded

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