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nice Nelly(1)

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by A. Makkai, M.T. Boatner, J.E. Gates

[nice Nelly(1)] or [nice Nellie] {n.}, {informal} Someone who acts too good to be true; a prude; a prig.

* /We took him for a nice Nelly when he wouldn't fight./

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Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms

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