单词 | nuncle |
释义 | nunclen. colloquial. Uncle. Cf. nunky n., nunks n. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinsman or relation > uncle > [noun] emeOE unclec1300 nunclec1426 nunka1589 Unky?1790 nunky1796 nunk1822 oom1822 nunks1841 Unk1868 chacha1937 tito1969 c1426 J. Audelay Poems (1931) 172 (MED) Þen Bewnou, þi nunkul, with gret pete, Set þi hede to þi body. 1589 ‘M. Marprelate’ Theses Martinianæ 2 To my nunckle Canturburie. 1599 H. Porter Pleasant Hist. Two Angrie Women of Abington sig. L4v I should be glad, To haue my selfe called nunckle, and thou Dad. 1608 W. Shakespeare King Lear iv. 150 Giue me an egge Nuncle . View more context for this quotation a1625 J. Fletcher Pilgrim iv. i, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) 60 Farewell Nuncle. 1669 J. Dryden Wild Gallant iii. i. 30 Alas, alas poor Nuncle! 1710 Brit. Apollo 16–18 Jan. Why Nuncle Hermes, this is very odd. 1760 S. Foote Minor ii. 57 Oh, a proof of my respect, dear nuncle. 1796 F. Burney Camilla III. v. viii. 131 Why, I never frightened him..like t'other poor nuncle. 1841 J. H. Ingraham Quadroone I. xiv. 183 Thou art a coward, nuncle Pauncho. 1893 G. MacDonald King Cole in Poet. Wks. II. 179 Nuncle, he said, never mind the gout; I will make you laugh till you laugh it out. 1928 L. Riding Contemporaries & Snobs i. vi. 121 The poet..may play the buffoon, call criticism ‘nuncle’ and cajole it into a historical accuracy in the dating of poetry. 1931 W. Stevens Floral Decorations for Bananas in Coll. Poems (1954) 53 Well, nuncle, this plainly won't do. 1973 K. Brathwaite Arrivants: Rights of Passage 20 But to hell with this, nuncle! You fussy black Uncle Tom. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). nunclev. British regional. rare. transitive. To cheat or defraud. Cf. cozen v. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > defrauding or swindling > perpetrate (a swindle) [verb (transitive)] nunclea1676 to cook up1686 plant1811 to work off1813 a1676 Roxburghe Ballads (1897) VIII. 203 She still'd her mother's tongue, that so loud did sound, Nuncl'd her Mam, and got twice fifty pound. 1825 J. Jennings Observ. Dial. W. Eng. 57 Nuncle, to cheat. 1881 S. Evans Evans's Leicestershire Words (new ed.) 202 Yo' shain't noonkle may. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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