dunt-aboutn.

Brit.

/ˈdʌntəbaʊt/, U.S.

/ˈdən(t)əˌbaʊt/, Scottish English

/ˈdʌntəbʌʊt/

Forms: see dunt v.¹ and about adv.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: dunt v.¹, about adv.

Etymology: < dunt v.¹ + about adv.

Scottish and English regional (northern). Now rare.

A person who is habitually badly treated or overworked; a thing which is knocked about or put to constant heavy use. Sc. National Dict. (at Dunt) records the word as still in use in southern Scotland in the early 1940s.

ΚΠ

1825 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Suppl. (at cited word) Dunt-about, any thing that is constantly used, and knocked about as of little value... Sometimes applied to a servant who is roughly treated, and dunted about from one piece of work to another.

1892 R. O. Heslop Northumberland Words (at cited word) ‘Aye, poor thing, she's a fair dunt-aboot.’

1915 J. Wilson Lowland Sc. Lower Strathearn 188 Bettur an auld maan'z dautay nor a yung maan'z dunt-aboot.

1923 G. Watson Roxburghshire Word-bk. 119 Dunt-aboot, anything that is in constant hard use; a knock-about, e.g. an old garment for coarse or dirty work.

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

单词	dunt-about
释义	dunt-aboutn. Brit. /ˈdʌntəbaʊt/, U.S. /ˈdən(t)əˌbaʊt/, Scottish English /ˈdʌntəbʌʊt/ Forms: see dunt v.¹ and about adv. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: dunt v.¹, about adv. Etymology: < dunt v.¹ + about adv. Scottish and English regional (northern). Now rare. A person who is habitually badly treated or overworked; a thing which is knocked about or put to constant heavy use. Sc. National Dict. (at Dunt) records the word as still in use in southern Scotland in the early 1940s. ΚΠ 1825 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Suppl. (at cited word) Dunt-about, any thing that is constantly used, and knocked about as of little value... Sometimes applied to a servant who is roughly treated, and dunted about from one piece of work to another. 1892 R. O. Heslop Northumberland Words (at cited word) ‘Aye, poor thing, she's a fair dunt-aboot.’ 1915 J. Wilson Lowland Sc. Lower Strathearn 188 Bettur an auld maan'z dautay nor a yung maan'z dunt-aboot. 1923 G. Watson Roxburghshire Word-bk. 119 Dunt-aboot, anything that is in constant hard use; a knock-about, e.g. an old garment for coarse or dirty work. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1825
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