fendyadj.

Etymology: < fend v. + -y suffix¹.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈfendy.

dialect.

(See quots.)

ΚΠ

1782 J. Sinclair Observ. Sc. Dial. 101 Fendy. Dexterous at finding out expedients.

1814 W. Scott Waverley I. xviii. 271 Alice..he said, was both canny and fendy .

1851 Gloss. Provinc. Words Cumberland Fendy, thrifty, managing.

1866 J. Brown Spare Hours 2nd Ser. 408 The daughter was worthy of the mother, and became a ‘fendy wife’, as appears by the following picturesque anecdote.

1870 Barber Forness Folk 32 She's a gay fendy, lile body.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	fendy
释义	fendyadj. Etymology: < fend v. + -y suffix¹.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈfendy. dialect. (See quots.) ΚΠ 1782 J. Sinclair Observ. Sc. Dial. 101 Fendy. Dexterous at finding out expedients. 1814 W. Scott Waverley I. xviii. 271 Alice..he said, was both canny and fendy . View more context for this quotation 1851 Gloss. Provinc. Words Cumberland Fendy, thrifty, managing. 1866 J. Brown Spare Hours 2nd Ser. 408 The daughter was worthy of the mother, and became a ‘fendy wife’, as appears by the following picturesque anecdote. 1870 Barber Forness Folk 32 She's a gay fendy, lile body. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1782
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