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单词 fendy
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fendyadj.

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