单词 | sunkie |
释义 | † sunkien. Scottish. Obsolete. 1. A low stool or seat, typically used by women while working. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > seat > [noun] > other seats desk1560 seat-arch1703 window seat1715 podium1722 sunkie1788 stab1805 screen1820 porch swing1891 club-fender1915 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. ΚΠ 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). < n.1788 |
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