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单词 sukey
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sukeyn.

Brit. /ˈsuːki/, U.S. /ˈsuki/
Forms: Also with capital initial and suckey, sukie, suky.
Etymology: Diminutive of Susan, Susanna, feminine name.
dialect and colloquial.
A tea-kettle. The nursery rhyme ‘Polly put the kettle on’ (see quot. 1981) is known from 1841: Oxf. Dict. Nursery Rhymes.
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tea-kettle1705
tea-pot1705
maté1717
kitchen1721
tea-kitchen1770
urn1781
tea-urn1786
quart pot1806
tea-maker1814
sukey1823
samovar1830
billy1839
tea-boiler1839
billy-can1885
tea infuser1889
tea-can1890
tea-billy1894
tea ball1895
dixie1900
caddy-spoon1927
drum1931
Teasmade1938
tea machine1963
1823 ‘J. Bee’ Slang 167 Sukey, a tea kettle.
1875 E. Tweddell Rhymes Cleveland Dial. 40 Suckey was bolin' a gud un when we gat there. An' Ah..helpt to fettle t'tea.
1877 E. Peacock Gloss. Words Manley & Corringham, Lincs. 244/2 Suky, a child's name for a tea-kettle.
1898 J. D. Brayshaw Slum Silhouettes 182 Now, Sukey boils; fill the teapot, Dick.
1919 ‘W. N. P. Barbellion’ Diary 13 Feb. (1920) 95 Our sukie is an old copper one, and sings sometimes in splendid imitation of an orchestra tuning up.
1952 M. Laski Village i. 13 I'll just get the sukey going, and then we'll have a nice cup of tea.
1981 Jrnl. Lancs. Dial. Soc. Jan. 46 Many people remember sukey as a name for the kettle. ‘Sukey's boiling,’ they would say. This must originate in the nursery rhyme ‘Polly put the kettle on’.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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