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nonny-nonny
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tags: [obsolete] [rare]
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Definition:a very popular nonsensical phrase in Shakespeare's time that was frequently used in song lyrics
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Uses:
Percy: "You're rather tush, my lord!"
Blackadder: "Don't say 'tush' either! It's only a short step from 'tush' to 'hey nonny-nonny' and then I'm afraid I shall have to call the police."
Blackadder season 2, Beer. BBC
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OPHELIA [Sings.] They bore him barefac'd on the bier Hey no nonny, nonny, hey nonny And on his grave rain'd many a tear. — Fare you well, my dove!
William Shakespeare. Hamlet
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