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Traditionally refers to William the Conqueror.
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* '''William the Conqueror'''
 
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* '''conk:''' (slang) nose
''Conk'' is slang for nose.
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**The Duke of Wellington, because of his prominent nose, was often called “Old Conky.
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*'''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)
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[[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 ConkSunday 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)