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单词 nuncle
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nunclen.

Brit. /ˈnʌŋkl/, U.S. /ˈnəŋk(ə)l/
Forms: late Middle English nunkul, 1500s nunckle, 1600s nunckel, 1600s– nuncle, 1700s nuncoo (English regional (Lancashire)).
Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: uncle n.
Etymology: Variant of uncle n. with metanalysis (see N n.). Compare naunt n.The word is perhaps attested earlier in the surname Nuncle (1314).
colloquial.
Uncle. Cf. nunky n., nunks n.
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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.

Brit. /ˈnʌŋkl/, U.S. /ˈnəŋk(ə)l/
Forms: English regional 1800s– noonkle (Leicestershire), 1800s– nuncle, 1800s– nunkle (Leicestershire); Scottish pre-1700 nuncle.
Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: nuncle n.
Etymology: < nuncle n. Compare cozen v.
British regional. rare.
transitive. To cheat or defraud. Cf. cozen v.
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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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