† princumn.
Obsolete.
Nicety of dress, behaviour, etc.
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1690 T. D'Urfey Collin's Walk i. 41 An aukward fear..That my behaviour may not yoke With the nice Princums of that Folk.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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n.1690- to curry good will
- to curry pardon
- to curry the skin coat of
- to curse by bell, book, and candle
- to curse one's stars
- to curtail a etc of
- to curtail a person of
- to curtail in
- to curtail of
- to cushion the blow
- to cut a a person to ribbons
- to cut a bosh
- to cut a caper on nothing
- to cut a caper or capers
- to cut a cheque
- to cut a corner or corners
- to cut a curvet
- to cut a dash
- to cut a feather
- to cut a flash
- to cut a flourish
- to cut a gordian knot
- to cut a large large thongs of another man's leather
- to cut a large thong of another man's leather
- to cut a lock