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who was "bloody Nora"?

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11:14 on Sat 21/Aug/04 I have often heard the use of the phrase "bloody nora" as an expression of frustration but who was she please?
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(20:27 on Sat 21/Aug/04) I seem to recall this being an expression used by one of the characters in the 70's TV series 'Love Thy Neighbour'.
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(10:26 on Sun 22/Aug/04) The �Nora' is not a woman's name but a form of the word �horror'. The phrase started off as "flaming horror" (or "flipping/bloody etc horror") as a cry of dismay/disbelief. In the normal Cockney manner, the final �g' and the opening �h' were dropped to produce something that sounded like "flamin-orror" and that in turn over the years became "Flamin' Nora!"...or "Bloody Nora" as a stronger alternative.

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