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单词 dunny
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dunnyn.2

Brit. /ˈdʌni/, U.S. /ˈdəni/
Origin: Probably formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Etymons: dungeon n., -y suffix6.
Etymology: Probably shortened < dungeon n.: see -y suffix6.The suggestion that the word is shortened from dunnekin n. (and hence etymologically identical to dunny n.3) seems less likely on semantic grounds.
Scottish.
A cellar or underground passage, esp. in a tenement building.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > room > types of room by situation > [noun] > underground room or cellar
undercroft1395
vault1396
cellar?a1400
siler1548
crypta1563
hypogee1656
hypogeum1706
souterrain1733
favissa1736
cellar room1743
undervaulting1823
serdab1842
semi-basement1905
dunny1906
1906 T. P.'s Weekly Christmas No. 20/2 Flat on flat it rose for fourteen storeys, poverty in its dunnies (as they called its cellars), poverty in its attics.
1947 Forward 4 Jan. 3 Broken-down sewage system which periodically overflows into the dunnies and back-courts.
1996 A. C. Lillie in A. Carruthers Sc. Home 66 This passageway was that territory which every tenement child knew to be haunted—not only by all sorts of bogey-men, but also by the phantoms of mice, rats and cats which had died down in the ‘Dunny’.
2007 Sunday Herald (Glasgow) 7 Oct. 38/2 The action took place up a dunny off Sauchiehall Street.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

dunnyn.3

Brit. /ˈdʌni/, U.S. /ˈdəni/
Forms: 1900s– dunnee, 1900s– dunnie, 1900s– dunny.
Origin: Formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Etymon: dunnekin n.
Etymology: Shortened < dunnekin n.; compare -y suffix6.
Australian and New Zealand slang.
A toilet; esp. an outside toilet, usually without plumbing; a privy, an outhouse.Recorded earliest in dunny can n. at Compounds 2.
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the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > sanitation > privy or latrine > [noun] > specific outside
piss-house1665
dunnekin1790
earth closet1863
garden house1888
dunny1924
long drop1963
1924 Barrier Miner (Broken Hill, Austral.) 10 Sept. 39/7 Every man Who won't pay for his rubbish tin Or dirty dunny can.
1933 N. Lindsay Saturdee iii. 47 Who kidded he wasn't home; only hidin' in the dunny?
1960 N. Hilliard Maori Girl i. iii. 19 She delighted in giving cheek to the boys and taking refuge in the girls' dunny.
1985 J. Frame Envoy from Mirror City 167 I..looked out along the path to the cypress tree and the old dunny with its dunny roses spilling in a mass of white buds over the corrugated tin-hat roof.
2013 C. Tsiolkas Barracuda (2014) 187 You want a wank, do you, Kelly?.. Not here, mate, that's filthy. Go do it in the dunny if you have to.

Compounds

C1.
a. General attributive, as dunny door, dunny paper, etc.
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1966 B. Hesling Stir up this Stew 75 After partially unbuttoning in the sun he closed his dunny door on us.
1984 Metro (Auckland) Mar. 16/2 The dunny doors were marked in Samoan.
1987 K. Lette Girls' Night Out (1989) 59 In the toilet cubicle, I camouflaged the seat in layers of dunny paper.
2014 L. Lewandowski Night of Seventh Dream x. 88 The sun..lulled her to sleep, slumped against the dunny wall.
b. With reference to the cleaning or removal of waste from a toilet or toilets, as dunny cart, dunny man, etc.
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1956 Argus (Melbourne) 14 July One young wife..refers airily to the ‘dunny cart man’, who..was until recently a familiar sight in the streets.
1962 H. Porter Bachelor's Children 280 Early in December, one found a card on the lavatory seat: Enjoy Christmas as best you can, And don't forget the dunny man.
1991 S. Winchester Pacific (1992) 135 Lower even than the dunny man, I was—a real larrikin, a wild bushman.
2014 West Austral. (Perth) (Nexis) 6 Sept. 41 His novel's storyline ends hilariously with a runaway dunny cart dumping its contents on a gathering of dignitaries.
C2.
dunny can n. a large removable metal can provided with a wooden seat serving as the receptacle in an outside toilet.
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1924dunny can [see main sense].
1967 M. Clark in Speaking out of Turn (1997) 67 I take it he meant that all we can offer for the ‘plenary inspiration’ of mankind is the contents of the good old Aussie dunny-can.
1982 Canberra Times 5 Dec. 14/2 The recycling of old ‘dunny cans’ to protect young trees from the ravages of stock and dryness.
2007 Scots Mag. Mar. 296/2 In a open shed at the back there was a cupboard-sized room shared with the nearest neighbours, inside which was the ‘dunny can’ that was their toilet.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

dunnyadj.1

Brit. /ˈdʌni/, U.S. /ˈdəni/
Forms: see dun adj. and -y suffix1.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: dun adj., -y suffix1.
Etymology: < dun adj. + -y suffix1. Compare dunnish adj.
Dull greyish-brown in colour. Also more generally: dark, dusky.
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the world > matter > colour > named colours > brown or brownness > [adjective] > dull brown
duneOE
dunned1430
dunnisha1529
dunnya1529
drab-coloured1715
drab1775
a1529 J. Skelton Tunnyng of Elynour Rummyng in Certayne Bks. (?1545) 400 I were skynnes of conny, That causeth I loke so donny.
1610 W. Folkingham Feudigraphia i. x. 28 Lime made of a dunny gray stone.
1715 W. Lancaster Let. 16 Jan. in T. Hearne Remarks & Coll. (1886) II. 436 All my Paris Editions are on paper of the same Dunny Colour.
1773 M. Browne Angling Sports 24 Fawns that haunt the dunny woods by night.
1819 T. Thompson in Coll. Songs, Comic & Satirical (1827) 10 Tyneside seem'd clad wiv bonny ha's An furnaces sae dunny.
1951 J. Frame Lagoon 38 The house with..its dunny roses on the trellis-work.
1997 R. Denfield Kill Body, Head will Fall xii. 145 The distant mountains seem bereft of growth, the dunny color of sage.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

dunnyadj.2n.1

Brit. /ˈdʌni/, U.S. /ˈdəni/
Origin: Of unknown origin.
Etymology: Origin unknown. Compare earlier dunch adj.
Now English regional (southern and south midlands).
A. adj.2
(a) Deaf, hard of hearing (cf. dunch adj. 1a). (b) Having diminished mental faculties; slow to understand; dim-witted (cf. dunch adj. 3).Sometimes the two senses are difficult to distinguish from one another, or are both present, referring to a general apparent lack of ability to comprehend or to diminished faculties generally; see, for example, quots. a1791, 1826.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of ear > disordered hearing > [adjective] > hard of hearing
hard of hearing1564
thick listed1579
deafish1611
dunny1708
1708 J. Kersey Dict. Anglo-Britannicum Dunny, somewhat deaf, deafish.
1775 M. Delany Autobiogr. & Corr. (1862) 2nd Ser. II. 97 My eyesight grew dimmer, my ears more dunny.
a1791 F. Grose Olio (1796) 105 What the devil are you dunny? won't you give me no answer?
1826 W. Scott Woodstock I. iii. 66 My old dame Joan is something dunny, and will scarce know how to manage.
1858 C. Selby Boots at Swan ii. 22 Ha, ha, ha! Of all the ridiculous things, to take me for a housebreaker, and old dunny head for my confederate. Ha, ha, ha!
1957 H. Hall Parish's Dict. Sussex Dial. (new ed.) 35/2 She had all her wits, but were a bit dunny at the last.
1974 W. Leeds Herefordshire Speech 60 Dunny, stupid.
B. n.1
(a) A stupid, dim-witted person; an idiot. (b) A deaf person. Obsolete.Sometimes the two senses overlap: see note at sense A.
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the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > stupid, foolish, or inadequate person > stupid person, dolt, blockhead > [noun]
asseOE
sotc1000
beastc1225
long-ear?a1300
stock1303
buzzard1377
mis-feelinga1382
dasarta1400
stonea1400
dasiberd14..
dottlec1400
doddypoll1401
dastardc1440
dotterel1440
dullardc1440
wantwit1449
jobardc1475
nollc1475
assheada1500
mulea1500
dull-pate15..
peak1509
dulbert?a1513
doddy-patec1525
noddypolla1529
hammer-head1532
dull-head?1534
capon1542
dolt1543
blockhead1549
cod's head1549
mome1550
grout-head1551
gander1553
skit-brains?1553
blocka1556
calfa1556
tomfool1565
dunce1567
druggard1569
cobble1570
dummel1570
Essex calf1573
jolthead1573
hardhead1576
beetle-head1577
dor-head1577
groutnoll1578
grosshead1580
thickskin1582
noddyship?1589
jobbernowl1592
beetle-brain1593
Dorbel1593
oatmeal-groat1594
loggerhead1595
block-pate1598
cittern-head1598
noddypoop1598
dorbellist1599
numps1599
dor1601
stump1602
ram-head1605
look-like-a-goose1606
ruff1606
clod1607
turf1607
asinego1609
clot-poll1609
doddiea1611
druggle1611
duncecomb1612
ox-head1613
clod-polla1616
dulman1615
jolterhead1620
bullhead1624
dunderwhelpa1625
dunderhead1630
macaroona1631
clod-patea1635
clota1637
dildo1638
clot-pate1640
stupid1640
clod-head1644
stub1644
simpletonian1652
bottle-head1654
Bœotiana1657
vappe1657
lackwit1668
cudden1673
plant-animal1673
dolt-head1679
cabbage head1682
put1688
a piece of wood1691
ouphe1694
dunderpate1697
numbskull1697
leather-head1699
nocky1699
Tom Cony1699
mopus1700
bluff-head1703
clod skull1707
dunny1709
dowf1722
stupe1722
gamphrel1729
gobbin?1746
duncehead1749
half-wit1755
thick-skull1755
jackass1756
woollen-head1756
numbhead1757
beef-head1775
granny1776
stupid-head1792
stunpolla1794
timber-head1794
wether heada1796
dummy1796
noghead1800
staumrel1802
muttonhead1803
num1807
dummkopf1809
tumphya1813
cod's head and shoulders1820
stoopid1823
thick-head1824
gype1825
stob1825
stookiea1828
woodenhead1831
ning-nong1832
log-head1834
fat-head1835
dunderheadism1836
turnip1837
mudhead1838
donkey1840
stupex1843
cabbage1844
morepork1845
lubber-head1847
slowpoke1847
stupiditarian1850
pudding-head1851
cod's head and shoulders1852
putty head1853
moke1855
mullet-head1855
pothead1855
mug1857
thick1857
boodle1862
meathead1863
missing link1863
half-baked1866
lunk1867
turnip-head1869
rummy1872
pumpkin-head1876
tattie1879
chump1883
dully1883
cretin1884
lunkhead1884
mopstick1886
dumbhead1887
peanut head1891
pie-face1891
doughbakea1895
butt-head1896
pinhead1896
cheesehead1900
nyamps1900
box head1902
bonehead1903
chickenhead1903
thickwit1904
cluck1906
boob1907
John1908
mooch1910
nitwit1910
dikkop1913
goop1914
goofus1916
rumdum1916
bone dome1917
moron1917
oik1917
jabroni1919
dumb-bell1920
knob1920
goon1921
dimwit1922
ivory dome1923
stone jug1923
dingleberry1924
gimp1924
bird brain1926
jughead1926
cloth-head1927
dumb1928
gazook1928
mouldwarp1928
ding-dong1929
stupido1929
mook1930
sparrow-brain1930
knobhead1931
dip1932
drip1932
epsilon1932
bohunkus1933
Nimrod1933
dumbass1934
zombie1936
pea-brain1938
knot-head1940
schlump1941
jarhead1942
Joe Soap1943
knuckle-head1944
nong1944
lame-brain1945
gobshite1946
rock-head1947
potato head1948
jerko1949
turkey1951
momo1953
poop-head1955
a right one1958
bam1959
nong-nong1959
dickhead1960
dumbo1960
Herbert1960
lamer1961
bampot1962
dipshit1963
bamstick1965
doofus1965
dick1966
pillock1967
zipperhead1967
dipstick1968
thickie1968
poephol1969
yo-yo1970
doof1971
cockhead1972
nully1973
thicko1976
wazzock1976
motorhead1979
mouth-breather1979
no-brainer1979
jerkwad1980
woodentop1981
dickwad1983
dough ball1983
dickweed1984
bawheid1985
numpty1985
jerkweed1988
dick-sucker1989
knob-end1989
Muppet1989
dingus1997
dicksack1999
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1709 Brit. Apollo 1–6 July Should a School-boy do so, he'd be whip'd for a Dunny.
1792 Lady's Mag. May 244/2 I have heard say the old dunny has got a very pretty daughter!
1853 J. R. Planché Once upon Time there were Two Kings (BL Add. MS 52944 O) f. 12 Carp. But I can't hear a word you say—I am stone deaf. BrutusDeaf!—hang the stupid dunny!
1906 J. L. Hoxie Kindergarten Story Bk. 1 Oh! you are so stupid. That is not the way. Let me show you how, you dunny!

Derivatives

dunnily adv. Obsolete without hearing; in a manner suggestive of deafness.
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1731 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. (ed. 5) Dunnily, deafishly.
ˈdunniness n. the state of being deaf or hard of hearing.
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1731 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. (ed. 5) Dunniness, deafishness.
1783 J. Mulso Let. 12 Jan. in Lett. to G. White of Selborne (1907) 310 A Deafness on one Side, or rather Dunniness & Stupefaction, almost made me crazy.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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