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* '''conk:''' (slang) nose
 
* '''conk:''' (slang) nose
 
**The Duke of Wellington, because of his prominent nose, was often called “Old Conky.”
 
**The Duke of Wellington, because of his prominent nose, was often called “Old Conky.”
*ref: ''Sunday Pictorial'' 29 Oct 1922, 9/1: 'Review of "The Nine O'Clock Revue" at the Little': 'Who can resist Beatrice Lillie? I can't. Hear her sing her ancestry in "William the Conk!" with moustache and bowler hat' (see 'moustaches' in the previous line and [[Lili O'Rangans] on the previous page]
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*ref: ''Sunday Pictorial'' 29 Oct 1922, 9/1: 'Review of "The Nine O'Clock Revue" at the Little': 'Who can resist Beatrice Lillie? I can't. Hear her sing her ancestry in "William the Conk!" with moustache and bowler hat' (see 'moustaches' in the previous line and [[Lili O'Rangans]] at 30.1]
 
   
 
   
 
[[Category: English rulers]]
 
[[Category: English rulers]]

Revision as of 10:49, 11 July 2020

  • William the Conqueror
  • conk: (slang) nose
    • The Duke of Wellington, because of his prominent nose, was often called “Old Conky.”
  • ref: Sunday Pictorial 29 Oct 1922, 9/1: 'Review of "The Nine O'Clock Revue" at the Little': 'Who can resist Beatrice Lillie? I can't. Hear her sing her ancestry in "William the Conk!" with moustache and bowler hat' (see 'moustaches' in the previous line and Lili O'Rangans at 30.1]