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▪ I. non-con1 colloq.|ˈnɒnkɒn|
Abbreviation of nonconformist.
1681T. Flatman Heraclitus Ridens No. 34 (1713) I. 223 I'll say that for our Non-cons, they are in as fair a way to undo themselves, as they have been this forty Years. 1710Last Distemper Tom Whigg ii. 17 A Tall Two-handed Squint-ey'd Non-Con waving a Banner in the Air with all his Force. a1825Parr in Field Mem. (1828) I. 137 You non-cons have done well to exchange the word meeting⁓house for chapel. 1862Westm. Rev. Jan. 89 A chapel [in Keighley] for some section of the Methodists..who were popularly known as ‘Noncons’.
attrib.1682T. Flatman Heraclitus Ridens No. 72 (1713) II. 191 Methinks you have much of the obscurity of a Non-Con Parson in this talk. a1734North Exam. (1740) 645 One Rosewell, a Non-Con Teacher, convict of High Treason. 1819Parr Lett. to Mr. Berry 19 Dec. Wks. 1828 VIII. 481 The undisciplined curiosity of non-con sciolists.
▪ II. non-con2
Abbreviation of non-content.
1847Webster (citing John Foster), Non-content... The word is sometimes abridged into Non-con, and applied to any one who dissents or expresses dissatisfaction. |