sconcern.1
/ˈskɒnsə/ northern.
? = sconce n.1 1.
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the world > matter > light > artificial light > an artificial light > [noun] > lamp > lantern > types of
sconcec1392
Muscovy lantern1606
sconcer1731
talc light1808
stirrup lantern1824
mistress1848
bull's-eye1851
midgy1893
1731 Inv. G. Bamforth, Sheffield A large glass, six sconcers.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1910; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
sconcern.2
/ˈskɒnsə/ A malingerer.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > sick person > [noun] > imaginary > pretending illness
malingerer1785
skulker1785
sconcer1843
the mind > goodness and badness > wrongdoing > undutifulness > undutiful person > [noun] > avoiding > by pretending illness
malingerer1785
skulker1785
sconcer1843
the world > action or operation > inaction > not doing > abstaining or refraining from action > [noun] > avoiding an action or condition > avoiding duty, work, or exertion > one who
skulkc1320
loundererc1425
old soldier1722
malingerer1785
skulker1785
shirker1799
shirk1818
slink1824
schemer1843
sconcer1843
scrimshanker1882
scrimshank1886
sooner1892
Weary Willie1896
slacker1898
slackster1901
sugarer1904
work-shy1904
gold brick1905
tired Tim (also Timothy)1906
lead-swinger1917
piker1917
gold-bricker1919
slinker1919
poler1938
skiver1941
1843 G. Hector Feigned Dis. 43 One was pronounced by the surgeon an imposter, the other was admitted. It is probable he had received a hint that one of them was a sconcer.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1910; most recently modified version published online March 2018).
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