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- proper noun A
patronymic surname .
Etymologies
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One of the variant spellings of Nichols, from Nichol, a Middle English vernacular form of the given name Nicholas + the suffix -s.
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Examples
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"That's Nickalls," explains the well-informed gentleman as a Cambridge man goes by.
The Idler Magazine, Volume III, March 1893 An Illustrated Monthly Various
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"Lady Hannah and the Major left the choice to me," she said, with a little touch of girlish importance, "so I telephoned to Nickalls in Bond Street for a box at The Leicester.
The Dop Doctor Richard Dehan 1897
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