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ned
/nɛd/
name 3noun 2phrase 1
Collocations
5ADJ.
sweet
VERB + NED
call, calls, going, name, propose, spoiled
NED + NOUN
-, clay, friendship, thee
PREP.
from
ADV.
accidentally
Definitions
noun
1
A person, usually a youth, of low social standing and education, a violent disposition and with a particular style of dress (typically sportswear or Burberry), speech and behaviour.
The mindless behaviour of drunken neds and nuisance neighbours brings misery to tens of thousands of honest folk.
You could live in a place for twenty years, you could clean up its streets and lock up its neds.
name
1
A medieval diminutive of the male given name Edward.
But, sweet Ned, - to sweeten the name of Ned, I give thee this pennyworth of sugar
name
1
Initialism of New English Dictionary.
2
Initialism of National Endowment for Democracy.
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The mindless behaviour of drunken neds and nuisance neighbours brings misery to tens of thousands of honest folk.
Wiktionary02
You could live in a place for twenty years, you could clean up its streets and lock up its neds.
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But, sweet Ned, - to sweeten the name of Ned, I give thee this pennyworth of sugar
Wiktionary04
Mike calls him Ned.
Tatoeba · #3290205
Ned held the flag erect.
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Ned comes from the state of Utah.
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