单词 | mancunian |
释义 | Mancuniann.adj. A. n. A native or inhabitant of Manchester. ΘΚΠ the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Europe > British nation > English nation > [noun] > native or inhabitant of England > other towns Oxonianc1540 Yarmouthian1614 Manchesterian1645 Novocastrian1645 wacker1768 Stratfordian1769 Mancunian1771 docker1791 Yorkist1796 Dicky Sam1820 Brummie1824 Liverpudlian1833 Yarmouth bloater1849 Exonian1871 Grimbarian1886 Cheltonian1887 Plym1913 Hoxtoniana1935 scouse1945 loiner1950 Scouser1959 Wulfrunian1959 Manc1961 pie eater1985 1771 J. Whitaker Hist. Manch. I. ix. 317 The same custom pretty certainly obtained as prevailed originally among the Romans.., and as continued nearly to the present period among the Mancunians. 1859 Fraser's Mag. Mar. 275/1 The Mancunians are of all men the most disposed to peace. 1880 Marlburian (Marlborough Coll.) 17 Nov. 182/1 Was it [sc. the review] for an advertisement, or as a topic profoundly interesting to the average Mancunian? 1904 H. Beswick Last Karkawber 134 ‘Th' Owd Rivvur’—as some old Mancunians dub the Irwell. 1931 Daily Tel. 6 Jan. 10/3 The Mancunians who wish to play bowls on Sunday might surely be allowed their simple pleasure. 1996 Independent 23 Oct. i. 17/1 Mancunians are used to London hogging the limelight. 2012 P. Hook Unknown Pleasures v. 237 The Dutch guy's eyes widened and he went, ‘Oh my God, you Mancunians are wild.’ B. adj. Of or relating to Manchester. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > named regions of earth > named cities or towns > [adjective] > in Britain > Manchester Manchesterian1648 Mancunian1771 Manc1991 the mind > language > languages of the world > Indo-Hittite > [adjective] > Indo-European > Germanic > English > of varieties of English north country1673 Mancunian1771 cockney1776 southernizing1861 Hiberno-English1864 Elizabethan1869 southernized1873 Welsh English1877 Norfolk1889 Tyneside1896 broguish1899 Anglo-Welsh1905 Oxford1928 Novocastrian1969 Konglish1975 Singlish1986 mockney1989 1771 ‘Muscipula Sen.’ Curious Remarks Hist. Manch. 51 Sheep are sometimes shorn..to ease them of their Fleece, when it is too hot and fatiguing, which is done by some Mancunian Dogs at present. 1798 Encycl.: Dict. Arts, Sci., & Misc. Lit. (Amer. ed.) XII. 24/2 at Mill We have previously shown one mill to have been set up, for the public service of all the Mancunian families. 1824 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Jan. 106/2 We have all heard of Whitaker's History, and the late Dr Ferrier, and the Literary and Philosophical Society of the ‘Mancunian Mart’. 1897 Saturday Rev. 11 Sept. 289/2 Mount Lyell Mining and Railway Company (Mancunian). 1908 Westm. Gaz. 22 Oct. 2/3 How strangely provincial—may we even say Mancunian?—is the very recent theory that Mr. Cobden invented Free Trade. 1947 H. Miles tr. A. Maurois Disraeli (ed. 2) ii. iv. 124 A truly Mancunian rain had drowned the enthusiasm. 1994 Big Issue 5 Dec. 19/2 They speak in lullaby Mancunian whispers, which seem to get softer as the interview progresses. 2009 J. Carnegie In Different League i. 9 As a Mancunian friend stated upon learning I was a Londoner: ‘Oh, I didn't realise you were from down there. I just thought you were posh.’ This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.1771 |
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