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Nottingham Definition

Not·ting·ham (nätiŋ əm)

  1. county seat of Nottinghamshire, central England: county district pop. 264,000

Etymology: < OE Snotingaham < Snoting, people of Snot (< Snot, personal name < snotor, wise + -inga, patronymic suffix) + ham, home

Nottingham Quotes

He sipped at the weak hock and seltzer As he gazed at the London skies Through the Nottingham lace of the curtains Or was it his bees-winged eyes?

—Betjeman, SirJohn