Not On Your Nellie Definition

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Alternative form of not on your Nellie.
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Not on your life ; absolutely not .

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Origin of Not On Your Nellie

  • Uncertain. The most common proposal is that the phrase comes from Cockney rhyming slang in the 1930's, and is a shortening of "Not on your Nellie Duff", to rhyme with 'puff', meaning the air of one's lungs.

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