Definition of Nell Gwynne

1. Noun. English comedienne and mistress of Charles II (1650-1687).


Lexicographical Neighbors of Nell Gwynne

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Neisseria sicca
Neisseria subflava
Nejd
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Nek2 protein kinase
Nek3 protein kinase
Nelaton's catheter
Nelaton's dislocation
Nelaton's fibres
Nelaton's fold
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Nell
Nell Gwynn
Nell Gwynne (current term)
Nell Gywn
Nellie
Nellie Bly
Nellie Ross
Nellie Tayloe Ross
Nellore
Nelson
Nelson's elk
Nelson Algren
Nelson Mandela
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Nelson tumour
Nelumbo lutea

Literary usage of Nell Gwynne

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Old and New London: A Narrative of Its History, Its People and Its Places by Walter Thornbury, Edward Walford (1893)
"... the Residence of Nell Gwynne, and of Joseph Addison—St. James's, Moore Park—Walham Green—St. John's Church— The Butchers' Almshouses—A Poetic ..."

2. Leaves from an Actor's Note-book: With Reminiscences and Chit-chat of the by George Vandenhoff (1860)
"... Nell Gwynne—The Garrick Club— A Dinner at the Mansion House—Mr. BUCHANAN on British Institutions- Bath—Paris—Return to the United States—Marriage—A ..."

3. A Dictionary of the Drama: A Guide to the Plays, Play-wrights, Players, and by William Davenport Adams (1904)
"... Farnie and Collier's • Nell Gwynne ... Wills's -Nell Gwynne' (1878), ... 'Nell Gwynne' (1884), Hope and Rose's -English Nell' ..."

4. The History of Prostitution: Its Extent, Causes, and Effects Throughout the by William W. Sanger (1859)
"Nell Gwynne.—Nationality in Vice. —Sabbath at Court.—James II.—Literature of the seventeenth and eighteenth Centuries.—Lord Chesterfield.—House of Hanover. ..."

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