释义 |
ˈsprunny Now dial. [Of obscure origin: some dialects have sprunny adj., spruce, smart.] A sweetheart.
1762Collins's Misc. 111 Where if good Satan lays her on like thee, Whipp'd to some Purpose will thy Sprunny be. a1800Pegge Suppl. Grose, Sprunny, a sweetheart of either sex. 1814–in midland and eastern dialects. |