单词 | welshy |
释义 | Welshyn. colloquial. A Welsh person. Also as a nickname.In quot. 1923: a person from New South Wales, Australia. ΘΚΠ the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Europe > British nation > Welsh nation > [noun] > native or inhabitant of Wales WelshmanOE WelshlOE West Britona1387 Britain1516 Briton1583 Walesman1591 flannela1616 Taffy1699 leek1725 Cambrian1780 Welsher1857 Welshy1875 South Walian1894 Taff1929 1875 Academy 7 366/1 The error of doing ‘something for Welshy because Welshy had done so much for him’. 1923 ‘J. North’ Son of Bush 115 Tommy ther drover! W'y, 'e wuz a Welshie, not er furriner! 1951 E. Coxhead One Green Bottle ii. 46 You'd think I was a Welshy by my name, Gwen Evans, but I'm a proper Cockney. 1978 E. Malpass Wind brings up Rain ii. 23 Alice was still staring at her unblinking. ‘You deep little Welshie’, she said. 2007 South Wales Echo (Nexis) 9 June 13 I think she'll bring a..win back to the valleys for all us Welshies. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021). Welshyadj. Characteristic of Wales or what is Welsh; Welsh in nature. ΘΚΠ the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Europe > British nation > Welsh nation > [adjective] > relating to WelshOE Welshy1794 1794 A. M. Bennett Ellen II. 210 [Winifred's name] had such a welchy vulgar sound, she chose to be called Maria. 1848 Bentley's Misc. Jan. 106 Then we get towards a wild and Welshy country. 1869 A. Beale Country Courtships I. ix. 167 You used to say that ‘oh indeet’ was dreadfully Welshy. 1916 Times 1 Mar. 11/4 The exact equivalent of the genuine Welshy Welshman's mode of pronouncing the word. 1996 J. Lyon Becoming Bilingual vi. 113 All three said they would avoid a school that was ‘too Welshy’ and that they were anti-extremist. 2005 J. Gill On Other Hand iii. 26 I used it for the Eisteddfod, when we were all told to choose Welshy names, and it brought me luck. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1875adj.1794 |
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