| 释义 |
† cockerˈnony Sc. Obs.
Also -nonny, -nonie.
[Derivation obscure: Jamieson conjectured connexion with cocker n.1]
‘The gathering of a young woman's hair, when it is wrapped up in a band or fillet, commonly called a snood’ (Jam.). App. used at random in the last two quots.
1718Ramsay Christ's Kirk Gr. iii. vii, She..tumbling wi' him on the grass Dang a' her cockernony A-jee that day. 1818Scott Hrt. Midl. xxv, ‘Ye silly tawpie..what garr'd ye busk up your cockernony that gate?’ 1830Galt Lawrie T. vii. iii. (1849) 323 Forays, moss troopers, and other cockernony minstrelsy. 1833M. Scott Tom Cringle xi. (1859) 233 Taking a shot at the old woman's cockernony itself. |