单词 | townikin |
释义 | † townikinn. Obsolete. A small town. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > district in relation to human occupation > town as opposed to country > town > [noun] > small town townleta1552 townikina1813 townette1839 boroughlet1864 townling1866 towneen1893 a1813 A. Murray Hist. European Lang. (1823) I. 380 So polis, a town; pol-ich-ne, a townikin. 1864 H. Mayhew German Life & Manners I. i. i. 5 The little village [sc. Möhra]..lying far away on the moors..from which the townikin, or city-cule, or boroughlet, wick-ling, (whichever you please, dear reader) is said to derive its name. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2014; most recently modified version published online September 2021). < |
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