| 释义 |
nievie Sc. and north. dial.|niːvɪ|
Also 6 nevie, 9 neevie, nievy, niv(v)y, etc.
[f. nieve.]
In nievie-(nievie-)nick-nack, a guessing game played by children in which these words are used. (See Engl. Dial. Dict.)
c1585Montgomerie Misc. Poems xxxii. 65 Can ȝe not play at ‘nevie nevie nak’? 1821Blackw. Mag. Aug. 37/2 Playing at nivy-nick-nack. 1824Scott St. Ronan's xxx, I played it awa' at neevie-neevie-nick-nack. 1895W. C. Fraser Whaups iii, The more advanced children..played at ‘Nievie, nievie, nick-nack’. |