Nickʹleby (Mrs.).

An endless talker, always introducing something quite foreign to the matter in hand, and pluming herself on her penetration. (Dickens: Nicholas Nickleby.)

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

Nice as Ninepence
Nicean Barks or Nycean Barks
Nicene Creed
Niche
Nicholas (St.)
Nick
Nicka-Nan Night
Nickar or Hnickar
Nickel Silver
Nicker
Nickleby (Mrs.)
Nickname
Nicknames
Nickneven
Nicodemused into Nothing
Nicolaitans
Nicolas
Nicor (A)
Nicotine
Nidhögg
Niece