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sukey dial. and colloq.|ˈsuːkɪ|
Also with capital initial and suckey, sukie, suky.
[Dim. of Susan, Susanna, fem. name.]
A tea-kettle.
The nursery rhyme ‘Polly put the kettle on’ (see quot. 1981) is known from 1841: Oxf. Dict. Nursery Rhymes.
1823‘J. Bee’ Slang 167 Sukey, a tea kettle. 1875E. Tweddell Rhymes Cleveland Dial. 40 Suckey was bolin' a gud un when we gat there. An' Ah..helpt to fettle t'tea. 1877E. Peacock N.W. Lincs. Gloss. 244/2 Suky, a child's name for a tea-kettle. 1898J. D. Brayshaw Slum Silhouettes 182 Now, Sukey boils; fill the teapot, Dick. 1919‘W. N. P. Barbellion’ Diary 13 Feb. (1920) 95 Our sukie is an old copper one, and sings sometimes in splendid imitation of an orchestra tuning up. 1952M. Laski Village i. 13 I'll just get the sukey going, and then we'll have a nice cup of tea. 1981Jrnl. Lancs. Dial. Soc. Jan. 46 Many people remember sukey as a name for the kettle. ‘Sukey's boiling,’ they would say. This must originate in the nursery rhyme ‘Polly put the kettle on’. |