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▪ I. † unk, pron. Obs.
In 3 unc (Orm. unnc), unke.
[OE. unc, dat. and acc. of wit we two, = NFris. unk, onk, OS. unc; Goth. ugkis (also acc. ugk); ON. okkr.]
Us two, both of us.
c1200Ormin Ded. 27 Unnc birrþ baþe þannkenn Crist Þatt itt iss brohht till ende. c1205Lay. 23626 For þi hit is betere bi-twixen unke seoluen to-dælen and to-dihten þis kine-lond mid fihte. a1225Leg. Kath. 1515 Swa þe cnotte is icnut bituhhen unc tweien. a1275Prov. Alfred 583 Mine daȝis arren nei done, and we sulen unc to-delen.
▪ II. unk, n.|ʌŋk|
Also unkie, unky.
Colloq. or nursery abbrevs. of uncle n.
1907A. Bennett Grim Smile of Five Towns 21 ‘You carry me down-stairs, unky?’ the little nephew suggested. 1957W. Faulkner Town iii. 65 ‘We need a grindstone,’ Gowan said. ‘Unk Noon,’ Top said. ‘We'll take the gun like we're going rabbit hunting,’ Gowan said. So they did: As far as Uncle Noon Gatewood's blacksmith shop on the edge of town. 1959N. Marsh False Scent (1960) ii. 50 It's so hard to explain, Unky. 1971A. Diment Think Inc. ii. 19 Didn't you realise you should come home..and tell Unkie Rupert all about it? 1977C. McCullough Thorn Birds xvii. 408 There's been tons of male influence for your children with the Unks around. |