单词 | boneen |
释义 | boneenn. Originally and chiefly Irish English. Now rare. A young pig. Cf. bonham n. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > order Artiodactyla (cloven-hoofed animals) > pig > [noun] > young farrowa700 grice?c1225 piga1250 hogling1377 porketa1555 porkling1561 porkin1570 swine shoat1581 hog-babe1610 hoglet1611 pigling1612 piggy1625 gruntling1686 porkrel1694 piggy-wiggy1766 griceling1782 boneen1827 slip1832 piglet1839 slip-pig1844 squeaker1861 piggy-wig1870 snork1891 snorker1891 1827 Kaleidoscope 23 Oct. 135/1 The sight of a rale boy, from the wilds and fastnesses of Connemara, crossing the briny wave to seek for the price of the boneen and the rent against Lady Day. 1841 C. J. Lever Charles O'Malley II. lxxxv. 95 ‘What's that you have dragging there behind you?’ ‘A boneen, sir’. 1875 Shamrock 3 Apr. 430/1 Are you countin' the bristles on the bonyeens, Danny? 1911 Jrnl. County Kildare Archæol. Soc. 6 537 Rut,..the smallest bonneen in the litter. 1948 E. Pound Pisan Cantos lxxx. 93 A sow with nine boneen. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1827 |
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