Brewer's: Noll

Old Noll. Oliver Cromwell was so called by the Royalists. Noll is a familiar contraction of Oliver —i.e. Ol,' with an initial liquid.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
Nolle Prosequi
Noli me Tangere
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

Related Content

✖
 

 

sandbbox logo
©2022 Sandbox Networks Inc. All rights reserved. Sandbox Learning is part of Sandbox & Co., a digital learning company.