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**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.” | ||
| − | * | + | *'''William the Conk''' → ''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]] | ||
Latest revision as of 09:50, 11 July 2020
- William the Conqueror
- conk: (slang) nose
- The Duke of Wellington, because of his prominent nose, was often called “Old Conky.”
- William the Conk → 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)
