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单词 sunkie
释义

sunkien.

Forms: see sunk n. and -y suffix6.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: sunk n., -y suffix6.
Etymology: < sunk n. + -y suffix6.
Scottish. Obsolete.
1. A low stool or seat, typically used by women while working.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > seat > [noun] > other seats
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seat-arch1703
window seat1715
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sunkie1788
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stuff-over1915
1788 Aberdeen Mag. 3 July 412 (title of song) I sit o' my Sunkie, an' spin at my Wheel.
1815 W. Scott Guy Mannering II. 18 Mony a day hae I wrought my stocking, and sat on my sunkie under that saugh.
1851 S. R. Whitehead Rose Douglas vi. 46 There was something lying on a sunkie, or three-legged stool, which stood on the cold hearth.
1923 G. Watson Roxburghshire Word-bk. 298 Sunkie, a low stool.
2. A person with a figure resembling a sack of straw. Cf. sunk n. 2b.
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1824 J. Mactaggart Sc. Gallovidian Encycl. 430 Sonkie, a man like a sonk, or sackfull of straw.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online June 2020).
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