also ninny-hammer, "simpleton," 1590s, from ninny + hammer (n.), but the signification of the second element is obscure.
nineties
ninetieth
ninety
Nineveh
ninny
ninnyhammer
ninth
Niobe
niobium
nip
nipper
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