nonnyint.
/ˈnɒni/, U.S. /ˈnɑni/ rare.
Used in songs as (part of) a refrain. Cf. nonny-no n. 1, nonny-nonny int.
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refraid?a1439
overword?a1513
refrain1530
foot1538
counterverse1570
faburden1580
burden1598
holding1598
chorus1601
foreburden1603
bob1606
ludden1607
down1611
nonnya1616
rame?c1625
tag1717
overcome?a1800
overturn1825
a1616 W. Shakespeare King Lear (1623) iii. iv. 93 Still through the Hauthorne blowes the cold winde: Sayes suum, mun, nonny.
1937 I. Gershwin Jolly Tar & Milkmaid (song) in Lyrics on Several Occasions (1959) 196 There was a jolly British tar Who met a milkmaid bonny. He said, ‘How beautiful you are.’ With a hey and a nonny, With a hey and a nonny.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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