They were in countenance horrible, and they had great heads, and a long neck, and a lean visage; they were filthy and squalid in their beards, and they had rough ears, and crooked NEBS, and fierce eyes, and foul mouths; and their teeth were like horses' tusks; and their throats were filled with flame, and they were grating in their voice; they had crooked shanks, and knees big and great behind, and twisted toes, and cried hoarsely with their voices; and they came with such immoderate noise and immense horror, that him thought all between heaven and earth resounded with their voices.
"Prose Idylls"
Charles Kingsley
They want no "yellow NEBS."
"The Dew of Their Youth"
S. R. Crockett
They said they were Liberals and glad to hear the black NEBS had won.
"The Narrative of Gordon Sellar Who Emigrated to Canada in 1825"
Gordon Sellar