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Nell Gwynn

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Noun1.Nell Gwynn - English comedienne and mistress of Charles II (1650-1687)Nell Gwynn - English comedienne and mistress of Charles II (1650-1687)
Eleanor Gwyn, Eleanor Gwynn, Eleanor Gwynne, Gwynn, Gynne, Gywn, Nell Gwynne, Nell Gywn
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The famous Nell Gwynn, stepping one day, from a house where she had made a short visit, into her coach, saw a great mob assembled, and her footman all bloody and dirty; the fellow, being asked by his mistress the reason of his being in that condition, answered, `I have been fighting, madam, with an impudent rascal who called your ladyship a wh--re.
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