dunchern.

Brit.

/ˈdʌn(t)ʃə/, U.S.

/ˈdən(t)ʃər/, Scottish English /ˈdʌntʃər/, Irish English

/ˈdʌntʃər/

Forms: see dunch v. and -er suffix¹.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: dunch v., -er suffix¹.

Etymology: < dunch v. + -er suffix¹.In sense 2 apparently so called on account of its resemblance to the flat head of a hornless cow (compare sense 1).

Scottish and Irish English (northern).

1. A cow or sheep that is given to butting. Also (Irish English (northern)): a hornless cow.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > by habits or actions > [noun] > that butts

puttera1382

burterc1440

butter1611

duncher1824

1824 J. Mactaggart Sc. Gallovidian Encycl. 380 A sheep petted, is apt to turn a duncher.

1892 Ballymena Observer in Eng. Dial. Dict. (1900) II. 209/2 Duncher, a hornless or ‘moiled’ cow which has a habit of knocking people down with its head.

1953 M. Traynor Eng. Dial. Donegal 91/2 Duncher, a hornless cow.

2. Irish English (northern). A cloth cap with a peak; a flat cap. Also more fully duncher cap.

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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > headgear > [noun] > cap > types of > peaked

peaked cap1840

peak cap1867

duncher1914

the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > headgear > [noun] > cap > types of > made from specific material > cloth

cloth cap1851

duncher1914

1914 St. J. G. Ervine Mrs. Martin's Man xvi. 205 A grey cap with a flat peak. The wee lad said it was a duncher.

1964 Irish Press 8 May 11/7 The stock suits and peaky caps of today—‘dunchers’, as the latter used to be called in Ulster.

1993 S. McAughtry Touch & Go ii. 7 Civilians walked past with their heads down, the women in headscarves and tight-pulled winter coats, the men in grey or brown raincoats and duncher caps.

2010 Daily Tel. 14 July 19/5 Throughout Northern Ireland, until the late Sixties, all classes and creeds..had a standard mode of headwear: on Sundays it was a paddy hat, and on weekdays a duncher.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2018; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	duncher
释义	dunchern. Brit. /ˈdʌn(t)ʃə/, U.S. /ˈdən(t)ʃər/, Scottish English /ˈdʌntʃər/, Irish English /ˈdʌntʃər/ Forms: see dunch v. and -er suffix¹. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: dunch v., -er suffix¹. Etymology: < dunch v. + -er suffix¹.In sense 2 apparently so called on account of its resemblance to the flat head of a hornless cow (compare sense 1). Scottish and Irish English (northern). 1. A cow or sheep that is given to butting. Also (Irish English (northern)): a hornless cow. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > by habits or actions > [noun] > that butts puttera1382 burterc1440 butter1611 duncher1824 1824 J. Mactaggart Sc. Gallovidian Encycl. 380 A sheep petted, is apt to turn a duncher. 1892 Ballymena Observer in Eng. Dial. Dict. (1900) II. 209/2 Duncher, a hornless or ‘moiled’ cow which has a habit of knocking people down with its head. 1953 M. Traynor Eng. Dial. Donegal 91/2 Duncher, a hornless cow. 2. Irish English (northern). A cloth cap with a peak; a flat cap. Also more fully duncher cap. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > headgear > [noun] > cap > types of > peaked peaked cap1840 peak cap1867 duncher1914 the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > headgear > [noun] > cap > types of > made from specific material > cloth cloth cap1851 duncher1914 1914 St. J. G. Ervine Mrs. Martin's Man xvi. 205 A grey cap with a flat peak. The wee lad said it was a duncher. 1964 Irish Press 8 May 11/7 The stock suits and peaky caps of today—‘dunchers’, as the latter used to be called in Ulster. 1993 S. McAughtry Touch & Go ii. 7 Civilians walked past with their heads down, the women in headscarves and tight-pulled winter coats, the men in grey or brown raincoats and duncher caps. 2010 Daily Tel. 14 July 19/5 Throughout Northern Ireland, until the late Sixties, all classes and creeds..had a standard mode of headwear: on Sundays it was a paddy hat, and on weekdays a duncher. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2018; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1824
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