Being either afraid of the cold or feeling the cold a lot. Used across the Midlands of England and the north
by KerrAvon October 10, 2003
by Dee Davison February 2, 2008
whimpish! I can't thnk of another word close enough. Our family, living on the Wirral, Cheshire in the 50's & 60's used it regularly and I have yet to come across anyone 'down south' who knows what it means
by northerninexile October 6, 2009
Definitely used outside Sheffield: used in Lancashire,South Wales and read in teenage novel based in Wales during WWW II Let's bring this Old English/Celtic ? word back as it has a very explicit meaning and so should not be lost. Any more ideas? I will be very interested. BRING BACK NESH.
by PJ Hull. Bring back 'nesh' Society. May 21, 2003
A word, often used in the English Midlands, to describe someone who seems to be almost constantly cold. Often used in conjunction with the word dead (as an adverb).
by BoneBroken October 28, 2009
Heard this a lot when i was a kid in mid-cheshire, probably still is heard a lot. Also used in Sheffield a lot I believe, so the term has an unusual west/east distribution, the pennine hills offering no resistance whatsoever to this one!
Used quite critically and as mild verbal ubuse towards someone who feels the cold easily, like's their comfort, and is a lazy good-for-nothing - the suggestion is, therefore, they must be a 'puffter' or even worse . .
Used quite critically and as mild verbal ubuse towards someone who feels the cold easily, like's their comfort, and is a lazy good-for-nothing - the suggestion is, therefore, they must be a 'puffter' or even worse . .
Heard in the depths of mid-winter; & long dark walk ahead:
Bill: 'Comin' down to the shop lad?'
Alan: 'Nah, don't think I'll bother'
Bill: 'What's up with you, yer nesh b**tard!'
Bill: 'Comin' down to the shop lad?'
Alan: 'Nah, don't think I'll bother'
Bill: 'What's up with you, yer nesh b**tard!'
by blokerama May 8, 2009