Architectural ninks are imitation beams in the ceiling; hollow columns; furniture, with imitation mortises and pegs.
The ninkiest nink of all is the framed motto on the wall, or a legend painted over the fireplace.
The ninks that Mr. Parvenu
Has bought, because “artistic,”
Are “genuine antiques,” though you
Call them anachronistic.
But still, one nink is not disgraced—
That sun dial he got
Is now appropriately placed;
He put it on his yacht!
Nodge, n. 1. The only one of its kind or set. 2. A person who doesn’t “fit in;” a Martian.
Nod´gy, a. 1. Impertinent, inconsistent, inapplicable; having no mate.
Wife or housewife—all women know the nodge. It’s the odd tumbler, or odd plate,—the one button whose mates have disappeared; the one glove that persistently turns up; the single shoe or stocking; those three trading-stamps she doesn’t throw away.
Nodgy is that extra envelope—too small for the paper; the one chair that doesn’t match the furniture; the lone coat, whose skirt has long since worn out; the hat that goes with no possible gown.
Nodgy is the Methodist minister at a poker party; nodgy the cut-up at prayer meeting, or the ugly damsel at the ball.
The modest country girl is nodgy with women who smoke cigarettes. (See Ovotch.)