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First published 1941 (SND Vol. II).
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BLACK-NEB-ISM, n. The principles of a Black-neb or democrat.Rnf. 1871 D. Gilmour “Pen” Folk (1873) 29:
He, too, was tainted with “Black-neb-ism” in politics.

[In this and Black-neb,n.¹, Blackneb,n.², Blackneb, n.³, Black-neb,n.⁴, Black nebbie,n., neb is the Sc. and Eng. dial. word for a bird's beak or animal's snout, hence, humorously, a nose.]

Black-neb-ism n.

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