Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—N

N. H. Bugs.

The letters are the initials of Norfolk Howard, in allusion to a Mr. Bugg who, in 1863, changed his name to Norfolk Howard.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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