Read full poem →Now Dick lies long in the churchyard,
And Ned lies long in jail,
And I come home to Ludlow
Dictionary Entry
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.
Origin
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Common Phrases
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Poetry examples for “ned”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →Then the sentry turned his head,
Looked, and knew me, and was Ned.
Read full poem →Why, Ned, I leseech thee, hast thou forsworn nil
thy friends i' th' Old Jewry ? or dost thou think us all
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Read full poem →Gav, Well done, Ned ! [Aside,
Read full poem →And the tethered cow is lowing, lowing, lowing,
And dear old Ned is braying, braying, braying,
And the shaggy Nannie goat is calling, calling, calling
Read full poem →gles a few mildly curious rai
-ned on people(both male and female
created He
Read full poem →and neer so much as dances with the men
and ned the woodman every week comes in
and asks about you kindly as our kin
Read full poem →office of Poet Laureate, at that time in very low esteem, which he respect-
fully had ded\ned,^Works, iii. 186. And see Oorrespondenee vfiih Mason,
112-114