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单词 welshy
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Welshyn.

Brit. /ˈwɛlʃi/, U.S. /ˈwɛlʃi/
Forms: see Welsh adj. and n. and -y suffix6.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: Welsh adj., -y suffix6.
Etymology: < Welsh adj. + -y suffix6. Compare earlier Welshy adj.
colloquial.
A Welsh person. Also as a nickname.In quot. 1923: a person from New South Wales, Australia.
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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.

Brit. /ˈwɛlʃi/, U.S. /ˈwɛlʃi/
Forms: see Welsh adj. and n. and -y suffix6.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: Welsh n., -y suffix1.
Etymology: < Welsh n. + -y suffix1.
Characteristic of Wales or what is Welsh; Welsh in nature.
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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).
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