/ · 1894 Brewer’s · N · Nosnot-Bocai [Bo-ky]
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Prince of Purgatory. Purgatory is the “realm of Nosnot-Bocai.”
“Sir, I last night received command
To see you out of Fairy land,
Into the realm of Nosnot-Bocai;
But let not fear or sulphur choak-ye,
For he’s a fiend of sense and wit.”
King: Orpheus and Eurydice.
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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.
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