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Naggin, noggin: Small bottle of spirits.
Nationalist: See Republican.
Northern Ireland: The six most north-easterly counties of the old Irish province of Ulster that are still part of the United Kingdom. Ulster was the last old Irish kingdom to fall under British control as it was full of psychopath clans like the O'Neills and the O'Donnells, whose idea of a good Christmas present was your enemy's head on a stick. Once subjugated, the Brits wanted to make damn sure Ulster stayed subjugated and planted it with their own psychopaths, i.e. Calvinist Presbyterians from Scotland, a move that wasn't exactly appreciated by the existing Catholic population. Three hundred years later, they're still beating the shit out of each other up there.
Nixer: An unofficial one-off job done without the knowledge of the Revenue. Example: "Jim's company wanted a Web site so I did a nixer for them at the weekend".
Often a nixer is done for payment in kind rather than for cash. A bottle of whisky is common reimbursment.