单词 | jibbons |
释义 | jibbonsn. Chiefly Welsh English. With plural agreement. Spring onions. ΚΠ 1875 Notes & Queries 30 Jan. 89/1 Jibbons is a word of frequent occurrence among the working classes in the spring of the year, and applied by them to young onions thinned out of the growing bed. 1944 R. Davies Black Venus i. i. 4 ‘Your jibbons coming on all right, Mr. ap Shenkins?’ bawled Lizzie, for Shop ap Shenkins made a trade of spring onions. ‘Brought me a bunch, have you?’ 1965 G. Jones Island of Apples ii. x. 161 He ate like a horse, he sat there crashing through the jibbons and saying hardly a word. 2017 Western Mail (Cardiff) (National ed.) (Nexis) 27 Jan. 34 I don't buy my own toilet rolls, tomato sauce, jibbons or eggs. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1875 |
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