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ning nong
noun
a fool, an idiot AUSTRALIA
Probably a variant of British dialect ning-nang, recorded since the 1830s (English Dialect Dictionary).- We’re sorry for yer, Nino, old boy. Yer’ve drawn a ning-nong. — Nino Culotta (John O’Grady), They’re A Weird Mob, p. 190, 1957
- Jeez, I feel a real ning-nong in this sheilah type frock–if they cop me in this rig-out I reckon I’m a gonner! — Barry Humphries, The Wonderful World of Barry McKenzie, p. 44, 1968
- — David McGill, David McGill’s Complete Kiwi Slang Dictionary, p. 76, 1998
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