spungn.
/spʌŋ/, U.S. /spəŋ/, Scottish English /spʌŋ/ Scottish.
A purse; a fob.
ΘΚΠ
society > trade and finance > money > place for keeping money > money-bag, -purse, or -belt > [noun]
pungeOE
by-girdlec1000
purselOE
almonerc1330
pouch1355
almonryc1450
penny purse1523
cherry-bag1539
money bag1562
bung1567
jan1610
penny pouch1650
coda1680
zone1692
spung1728
money purse1759
spleuchan1787
skin1795
sporran1817
fisc1820
moneybelt1833
poke1859
purse-belt1901
the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for legs > clothing for legs and lower body > [noun] > trousers > parts of > pocket
foba1652
spung1728
breeches-pocket1783
watch fob1785
fob-pocket1837
hip pocket1865
prat-kick1896
slide1932
1728 A. Ramsay Last Speech Miser in Poems II. xiv They bid us draw Our siller spungs, For this and that, to mak' them braw.
1728 A. Ramsay Poems II. 185 The Poet..That rarely has a Shilling in his Spung.
1836 M. Mackintosh Cottager's Daughter 195 I to death hae some withstood To mak my spung and coffers guid.
1892 J. Lumsden Sheep-head & Trotters 14 [He] took an enormous gold watch from his ‘spung’ and handed it toward me.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
spungv.
Scottish.
transitive. To rob.
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the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > robbery > rob [verb (transitive)]
reaveeOE
benima1325
berob1340
pelfa1400
distress1490
derob1546
heave1567
shrive1630
strubc1680
spung1719
to do over1785
strong-arm1896
make1926
heist1930
to take off1937
hit1955
to knock off1960
1719 A. Ramsay Epist. to Hamilton ii. xii If that the gypsies dinna spung us.
1788 R. Galloway Poems 94 If you be not very sly, They'll spung you of your watch.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online March 2019).
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