sweet Nancyn.
local.
The pheasant-eyed narcissus, Narcissus poeticus, esp. the double variety.
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narcissusOE
daffodil1548
laus tibi1548
affodill1551
primrose peerless1578
narciss1586
jonquil1629
Spanish trumpet1664
hoop-petticoat1731
poet's narcissus?1786
poet's daffodil1798
Queen Anne's double jonquil1806
polyanthus narcissus1841
tazetta1847
sweet Nancy1848
polyanth narcissus1856
pheasant's eye1872
peerless primrose1884
Tenby daffodil1884
Queen Anne's daffodil1889
poetaz1906
1848 E. C. Gaskell Mary Barton I. viii. 125 In his button-hole he stuck a narcissus (a sweet Nancy is its pretty Lancashire name).
1873 R. Broughton Nancy I. 94 The hyacinth bells, and the sweet Nancies..blowing all together.
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