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Norfolkn.

Brit. /ˈnɔːfək/, U.S. /ˈnɔrfək/
Forms: Middle English Northfolk, Middle English–1500s Northfolke, 1500s–1600s Norfolke, 1600s– Norfolk.
Origin: From a proper name. Etymon: proper name Norfolk.
Etymology: < Norfolk, the name of a county on the east coast of England.Old English Norðfolc , lit. ‘the northern people’, the northern part of East Anglia (in contradistinction to Suðfolc : see Suffolk n.) is attested from the mid 11th cent.; the word is also used in the Old English translation of Bede Eccl. Hist. to denote the people north of the Humber.
I. Compounds.
1. attributive. Designating things manufactured in, characteristic of, or peculiar to Norfolk.
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the world > the earth > named regions of earth > Europe > British Isles > England > [adjective] > districts of England > specific counties
Kentisha1100
Norfolk1407
Northumbrian1602
Somersetian1612
Sussexian1612
Sussexan1614
East Anglian1622
Suffolkian1622
Yorkshire1683
Cumbrian1780
Cornubian1782
broad-acred1898
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
1379 in R. R. Sharpe Cal. Wills Court of Husting (1890) II. 207 (MED) [A bed of] Norfolk.
1382 in T. Rymer Fœdera (1709) VII. 356/2 Unum Indumentum de Panno Northfolch, foderatum de Panno Nigro.
1391 in J. Raine Testamenta Eboracensia (1836) I. 149 (MED) Lectum de opere Northfolch.]
1407–8 in W. H. Stevenson Rec. Borough Nottingham (1883) II. 52 (MED) Pro ij volets de Northfolk-thred.
1573 T. Tusser Points Huswifrie (new ed.) f. 29, in Fiue Hundreth Points Good Husbandry (new ed.) For Norfolke wyles, so full of guyles, Haue caught my toe.
1664 R. Codrington Proverbs in 2nd Pt. Youths Behaviour 191 Essex Stiles, Kentish Miles, Norfolk Wiles, many Men beguiles.
1669 J. Dryden Wild Gallant ii. i. 19 A parcel of melted Flints set in Gold, or Norfolk pebbles.
a1726 J. Vanbrugh Journey to London (1728) i. ii. 15 Sir, here's Norfolk-nog to be had at next Door.
1765 G. Washington Diary (1925) I. 212 The upper part of [the garden]..is the Norfolk Turnep.
1787 J. Woodforde Diary 21 Apr. (1926) II. 319 Had a Letter..about some Norfolk Turnip Seed, Quality and Price.
1805 R. Parkinson Tour in Amer. 338 A few of the Norfolk lily-white, and some of the Norfolk green-top [turnips are in use].
1889 A. J. Ellis On Early Eng. Pronunc. V. v. 260 Every one has heard of the Norfolk ‘drant’, or droning and drawling in speech.
c1909 D. H. Lawrence Collier's Friday Night (1934) ii. 29 She is wearing a large blue felt hat and a Norfolk costume.
1958 Econ. Hist. Rev. 11 106 With a low productivity of both lambs and wool, what was the advantage of the Norfolk breed?
1994 Guardian 25 June (Weekend Suppl.) 63/3 There are an estimated 80,000 earth buildings in Britain. Around half of these are Devonshire cob, but there are numerous examples of..Norfolk clay lump.
2. Norfolk thread n. = worsted n.1 2. Obsolete. rare.
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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > thread or yarn > [noun] > woollen > for sewing or knitting > specific
Norfolk thread1407
garn1483
crewel1494
caddis1530
worsted yarn1533
worsted1546
fingering1681
German wool1807
wheel-spuna1825
Berlin wool1841
ice wool1876
Berlin1881
eis wool1882
quick-knit1935
bawneen1958
1407-8 [see sense 1].
3. Norfolk tumbler n. a variety of lurcher. Now historical.
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the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Canidae > hound > [noun] > lurcher
tumbler1519
Norfolk tumbler1607
lurcher1668
tumbler dog1675
tumbler bitch1680
snap-dog1877
1607 T. Dekker & J. Webster West-ward Hoe ii. i. sig. B3v But now I'me as Lymber as an Antiant that has flourisht in the raine, and as Actiue as a Norfolk tumbler.
1897 Q. Rev. Jan. 141 Dogs are no longer trained as ‘Norfolk tumblers’, to attract the rabbits on the warrens by their quaint antics.
1959 E. Pound Thrones cvii. 114 Norfolk tumbler, a small sort of greyhound to Cecil.
4. Norfolk fool n. a cold dessert, resembling a trifle, consisting of layers of sliced manchet (manchet n. 1a) and spiced custard, with a decorative sweet topping, including sliced dates and comfits. historical and rare after early 18th cent.
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the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > confections or sweetmeats > [noun] > other confections or sweet dishes
pionade1302
spinee1381
pokerouncea1450
strawberry cream1523
pannag1540
alkermes1547
sugar-bread1587
snow1597
flammick1600
Norfolk fool1623
fool1653
chocolate cream1702
meringue1706
steeple cream1747
trifle1755
snowball1769
sweet bread1777
marrangle1809
meteor1820
mimpins1820
Nesselrode1835
meringué1845
Swiss cream1845
turban1846
coconut cream1847
panforte1865
yokan1875
bombe1892
Eton mess1896
meringue Chantilly1901
streusel1909
rocky road1920
ringocandy1922
stem ginger1922
dulce de leche1923
kissel1924
some-more1925
cream-crowdie1929
Pavlova cake1929
s'more1934
cranachan1946
sugar-on-snow1947
calavera1948
suji halwa1955
vacherin1960
zuppa inglese1961
brûlée1966
pav1966
delice1967
banoffi1974
macaroon1985
Nanaimo1991
macaron1993
1623 G. Markham Countrey Contentments, or Eng. Huswife (new ed.) sig. A4 (table of contents) To make a Norffolke Foole.
1673 H. Woolley Gentlewomans Compan. 141 A Norfolk-Fool. Take a quart of thick sweet Cream, and set it a boiling in a clear scoured Skillet, with some large Mace, and whole Cinamon; having boiled a little while, take the yolks of five or six Eggs beaten well, and put to it [etc].
1733 Cook's & Confectioner's Dict. (ed. 4) To make a Norfolk Fool.
2015 D. Goldstein Oxf. Compan. Sugar & Sweets 264/2 An early fool without fruit was Norfolk fool, popular in the seventeenth century.
5. Norfolk plover n. the stone curlew, Burhinus oedicnemus. Now English regional.
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the world > animals > birds > order Charadriiformes > [noun] > genus Burhinus (thick-knees) > burhinus oedicnemus (stone curlew)
caladriea1425
whistling plover1668
stone curlew1678
stone plover1678
great plovera1705
Norfolk plover1766
stone-snipe1785
1766 T. Pennant Brit. Zool. ii. 127 The Norfolk Plover.
1840 E. Blyth et al. Cuvier's Animal Kingdom 235 This is the Stone Curlew, Whistling or Norfolk Plover, as it is variously designated.
1899 Living Age 1 July 38/1 In other parts of England they are known as ‘Norfolk plovers,’ or the ‘great plover,’ or the ‘thick-kneed bustard’.
1950 A. W. Boyd Coward's Birds Brit. Isles (rev. ed.) 2nd Ser. 251 The Stone-Curlew, Great Plover, Norfolk Plover or Thick-knee.., has many names, none of which is specially local.
1964 B. Campbell Oxf. Bk. Birds 82/1 The round head, short bill, and long legs suggest a plover, hence this species' local name of Norfolk plover.
1979 Jrnl. Biogeogr. 6 288/2 The Norfolk Naturalists' Trust urged the Commission to preserve 485 ha of the estate unplanted as a ‘typical area of Breckland’, where the Norfolk plover could breed.
6. Norfolk turkey n. (a) a turkey reared in Norfolk (b) figurative (in quot. 1774) = Norfolk dumpling n. 2.
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the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Europe > British nation > English nation > [noun] > native or inhabitant of England > Norfolk
Norfolk dumpling1608
Norfolk turkey1774
1774 D. Garrick Let. 5 Oct. (1963) III. 963 No Norfolk Turkies load the Waggon, Which once the Horses scarce could drag on.
1786 S. Woodforde Diary 15 Jan. (1832) III. 95 Mrs. Davie sent as a present a Norfolk Turkey weighing 12 pounds.
1811 A. de Beauclerc Ora & Juliet I. 100 I shall..shew them the difference of a highly-educated person, and the boorish manners of those Norfolk turkeys.
1840 Penny Cycl. XVI. 262/1 Norfolk turkeys are well known as of peculiar size and delicacy.
1946 Trollopian 1 21 A flash of Dickensian ecstasy lights up a passage in chapter 24, that sketches Mr. Moulder cutting up a roast Norfolk turkey on the same holiday.
1966 Times 28 Dec. 9/5 Norfolk turkey..although it should be treated warily when it turns up on a British Railways menu, has a good chance of being the real thing.
1992 Caterer & Hotelkeeper 6 Aug. 24/2 Norfolk Turkey. Look out for bronze turkeys for a better flavour.
7. Norfolk sheep n. a sheep of a breed characteristic of Norfolk; spec. the Norfolk Horn (see Norfolk Horn n. at sense 13); a sheep of this breed. Now historical.
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the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > genus Ovus > [noun] > Ovus Aries (domestic sheep) > specific breeds or members of
mug1596
down1721
Shropshire1768
Norfolk sheep1778
Ryeland1786
Southdown1786
Persian1794
Leicester1798
Southdowner1799
Ryeland1802
loaghtan1812
Manx loaghtan1812
herdwick1837
Wallachian1837
Norfolk1851
Teeswater1861
bluefaced Leicester1864
Rough Fell1871
Border Leicester1873
Mexican1878
Cheviot1883
fat-tail1888
pampas1892
pampas sheep1895
turbary1908
karakul1913
East Friesian1949
Texel1949
Norfolk Horn1961
Colbred1962
1778 Farmer's Mag. iii. 170 The fleeces of small Norfolk sheep will in general weigh from one to two pounds.
1794 A. Young Gen. View Agric. Suffolk xiii. 33 The Norfolk breed of sheep spread over almost every part of the county.]
1812 T. Quayle Gen. View Agric. Isle of Man xiv. 112 Among the Norfolk sheep, individuals occasionally appeared of a rusty brown color.
1855 G. Emerson Farmer's & Planter's Encycl. Rural Affairs (new ed.) 988/1 There was more resemblance to the deer in the Norfolk sheep than has been observed in any other species.
1928 Sci. Monthly June 559/1 The heavy Lincolnshire and light Norfolk sheep, though bred together, when turned out on pasture separate to a sheep in a short time.
1951 Econ. Geogr. 27 85/2 The old Norfolk sheep had vanished before the superior claims of the Norfolk half-bred.
8. Norfolk capon n. ironic = red herring n. 1b (cf. capon n. 3). Cf. Welsh rabbit n.
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the world > food and drink > food > animals for food > seafood > [noun] > fish > cured fish > smoked fish
red herringa1399
bloat herringa1586
fumade1599
sore1600
Yarmouth capona1661
kipper1769
finnana1774
Norfolk capon1785
bukkama1805
soldier1811
bloater1832
Yarmouth bloater1832
finnie haddie1851
Californian1873
smoky1891
two-eyed steak1893
finney1906
buckling1909
lox1937
nova1964
1785 F. Grose Classical Dict. Vulgar Tongue Norfolk capon, a red herring.
1836 Individual 15 Nov. 27 A Norfolk capon is jolly grub.
1880–4 F. Day Fishes Great Brit. & Ireland II. 210 A red herring..is also known as a Norfolk capon.
1904 Mod. Lang. Notes 19 132/1 Welsh rabbit, the technical name of a brown gravy poured on toast, is of jocular origin (cf. Norfolk capon = ‘red herring,’ Irish apricots = ‘potatoes’.
1973 Times 15 Feb. 14/3 Like the Norfolk Capon (a red herring)..the Welsh Rabbit is a time-honoured joke.
1999 Financial Times (Nexis) 1 May (Food & Drink section) 14 The word is ‘rabbit’: a humorous description akin to ‘Scotch woodcock’ or a ‘Norfolk capon’.
9. Norfolk spaniel n. [once associated with the estates of the Duke of Norfolk] the English springer spaniel. Now historical.
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the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Canidae > other types of dog > [noun] > spaniel > land or water > varieties of
springer1749
King Charles1780
English springer1808
Marlborough dog1822
cocker spaniel1829
Marlborough1831
Blenheim1839
Norfolk spaniel1845
King Charles1848
Sussex spaniel1856
field spaniel1859
clumber1865
Norfolk1867
Japanese spaniel1880
Welsh springer1903
Tibetan spaniel1905
Brittany spaniel1936
Brittany1945
1845 W. Youatt Dog ii. 45 From a cross with the terrier a black and tan variety was procured, which was cultivated by the late Duke of Norfolk, and thence called the Norfolk Spaniel.
1867 ‘Stonehenge’ Dogs Brit. Islands i. iii. 40 The Norfolk spaniel is now seldom to be obtained mute.
1945 C. L. B. Hubbard Observer's Bk. Dogs 65 The old name of Norfolk Spaniel..is obsolete.
10. Norfolk Crag n. Geology = Norwich Crag n. at Norwich n. 2c.
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the world > the earth > structure of the earth > age or period > stratigraphic units > [noun] > tertiary or Cenozoic > Pliocene spec.
Norfolk Crag1846
Norwich Crag1850
Suffolk crag1852
1846 W. M. Buchanan Technol. Dict. Norfolk Crag, an English tertiary formation belonging to the older pliocene, and consisting of irregular beds of ferruginous sandy clay mixed with marine shells.
1871 W. A. Miller Elements Chem. (ed. 3) ii. 422 In the Norfolk crag considerable deposits of brown rounded pebbles occur, known under the name of coprolites.
1923 Man 23 99 I have been able to study a great number of the examples obtained by him from the beds below the Norfolk crag.
1967 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) B. 253 163 (caption) Norfolk Crag Molluscan Assemblages.
11.
a. Norfolk jacket n. a loosely fitting jacket with a waistband, originally worn chiefly for shooting, fishing, cycling, etc., but in later use also as a fashion garment (cf. sense 18).
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for body or trunk (and limbs) > [noun] > jacket > loose
baju1820
shirt-jacket1826
camisole1847
Norfolk jacket1866
jigger1957
1866 J. Macgregor Thousand Miles in Rob Roy Canoe i. 9 The ‘Norfolk jacket’ is a loose frock-coat, like a blouse, with shoulder-straps, and belted at the waist, and garnished by six pockets.
1893 Earl of Dunmore Pamirs II. 276 An English-made Norfolk jacket.
1898 G. B. Shaw Widowers' Houses in Plays I. 4 You have nothing but that Norfolk jacket.
1969 Queen 17–30 Sept. 76 Norfolk jacket in cream leather; long side vents; belt..45 gns.
1994 Amer. Lit. 66 326 The fat lady in the yachting cap was going shopping, not boating; the man in the Norfolk jacket and Tyrolean hat was returning, not from a mountain, but an insurance office.
b. Norfolk blouse n. a blouse shaped like a Norfolk jacket. Obsolete. rare.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for body or trunk (and limbs) > [noun] > bodice > blouse > types of
jerkinetc1686
shell1802
shirt1840
Garibaldi1862
shirt-bodice1868
Norfolk blouse1869
shirtwaist1871
shirt-blouse1876
guimpe1889
overblouse1889
middy1894
blouse coat1898
pneumonia blouse1902
jumper1908
kimono blouse1908
sailor top1913
buba1937
1869 Pall Mall Gaz. 19 Aug. 11/2 They are all clad in a tidy little suit, which consists generally of a black serge tunic loose like a Norfolk blouse, and drawn in at the waist, and a pair of short trouser of the same stuff, or else a jacket and trousers in one.
1887 Girl's Own Paper 29 Oct. 75/3 A Norfolk blouse with pleats.
c. Norfolk suit n. a suit consisting of a Norfolk jacket and knee breeches (cf. sense 18). Now rare.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > set or suit of clothes > [noun] > other
shiftc1570
under-suita1586
doublet and hose1603
siropa1671
frock-clothes1769
costume1797
poncho dress1811
tongs1845
Eton suit1859
sailor's suit1869
Prince Albert1873
Norfolk suit1880
sailor suit1880
ready-made1882
Etons1888
buster suit1903
Mallaby-Deeley1920
tiddly suit1943
utility1945
shell suit1973
Mao suit1993
gansey2009
1880 Temple Bar Feb. 229 He suddenly espies..a girl in a coarse Norfolk suit of tweed and trim, thick, solid little boots, coming quickly over the soddened leaves.
1896 Junior Army & Navy Stores Catal. p. xxxvi/2 Norfolk Jackets..Suits.
1913 C. Mackenzie Sinister St. I. i. vii. 112 An exciting Monday spent in buying a Norfolk suit and Eton collars.
1938 J. Cary Castle Corner iii. 116 He was seen every day walking about Knockeen with his solemn, fierce air and his smartest norfolk suits.
1962 C. Day Lewis Gate 50 The stiff, shy, blinking man in a norfolk suit.
12. Norfolk reed n. the common reed, Phragmites australis, as grown in East Anglia for use in thatching.
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the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > a grass or grasses > reedy or aquatic grasses > [noun] > reed or the reed plant
reedeOE
spirea1425
pole-reed1578
pool reed1587
reed-grass1597
marsh-reed1797
flag-reed1833
Phragmites1840
toi-toi1843
fox's foot1853
spire reed1863
trumpet reed1866
bango1899
kamish1902
Norfolk reed1952
society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > plants, grasses, or reeds > [noun] > for thatching > reed
reeda1398
spear1794
spear reed1812
Norfolk reed1952
1925 E. G. Blake Roof Coverings ii. 18 The reeds are grown principally in the eastern counties, especially on the Norfolk Broads.]
1952 Oxf. Junior Encycl. VI. 440 A well-bedded thatch of Norfolk reed..has been known to last as long as 50 years.
1971 Country Life 18 Nov. 1403/1 The great tithe barn at Tisbury, in Wiltshire, has just been re-thatched with Norfolk reed.
1995 J. Fearn Thatch & Thatching 27 Norfolk reed is ideal for its purpose, being long, tough and straight, allowing no gaps in the imperceptibly mingled blocks of reed.
13. Norfolk Horn n. a breed of sheep native to Norfolk, characterized by a wiry build, black face and legs, and the presence of horns in both rams and ewes; a sheep of this breed. Frequently attributive. Similarly Norfolk Horned. Cf. sense 15.The original Norfolk Horn became extinct as a pure breed in the 1970s, but cross-breeding with the Suffolk Horn successfully recreated the breed, which for a time was referred to as the ‘New Norfolk Horn’.
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the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > genus Ovus > [noun] > Ovus Aries (domestic sheep) > specific breeds or members of
mug1596
down1721
Shropshire1768
Norfolk sheep1778
Ryeland1786
Southdown1786
Persian1794
Leicester1798
Southdowner1799
Ryeland1802
loaghtan1812
Manx loaghtan1812
herdwick1837
Wallachian1837
Norfolk1851
Teeswater1861
bluefaced Leicester1864
Rough Fell1871
Border Leicester1873
Mexican1878
Cheviot1883
fat-tail1888
pampas1892
pampas sheep1895
turbary1908
karakul1913
East Friesian1949
Texel1949
Norfolk Horn1961
Colbred1962
1926 Live Stock Jrnl. 8 Jan. 43/2 Some Norfolk and Suffolk rams had horns no less than 35 to 37 in. long.]
1961 Agriculture Mar. 642 The Norfolk Horn..is generally believed to have a common ancestry with the various members of the Blackface tribe in the Heath sheep and..the Argali sheep of central Asia.
1969 I. L. Mason World Dict. Livestock Breeds, Types & Varieties (ed. 2) 231 Norfolk Horned... syn[onyms] Blackface Norfolk Horned, Norfolk Horn, Old Norfolk, Old Norfolk Horned.
1972 Country Life 16 Mar. 606/2 On November 9, 1971 the last adult ram of the Norfolk Horn breed died.
1989 S. G. Hall & J. Clutton-Brock 200 Years Brit. Farm Livestock xv. 189 In 1986 the percentage of Norfolk Horn blood was high enough..for the [Rare Breeds Survival] Trust to accept the breed and for it to be renamed Norfolk Horn.
14. Norfolk terrier n. a breed of terrier similar to the Norwich terrier (of which it was formerly regarded a variety), but characterized by drop ears; a dog of this breed.
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the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Canidae > terrier > [noun] > Norwich terrier
Norwich terrier1931
Norfolk terrier1964
Norwich1971
1964 Kennel Gaz. Oct. 419/2 On September 22, 1964, the General Committee of the Kennel Club agreed to register drop-eared Norwich Terriers as Norfolk Terriers, a separate breed and not a variety.
1971 F. Hamilton World Encycl. Dogs 463 The Norfolk Terrier was, until September 1964, the drop-eared Norwich Terrier.
1994 Dog World June 168/1 The Norfolk Terrier, game and hardy, with expressive dropped ears, is one of the smallest of the working terriers.
II. Simple uses.
15. A Norfolk sheep.
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the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > genus Ovus > [noun] > Ovus Aries (domestic sheep) > specific breeds or members of
mug1596
down1721
Shropshire1768
Norfolk sheep1778
Ryeland1786
Southdown1786
Persian1794
Leicester1798
Southdowner1799
Ryeland1802
loaghtan1812
Manx loaghtan1812
herdwick1837
Wallachian1837
Norfolk1851
Teeswater1861
bluefaced Leicester1864
Rough Fell1871
Border Leicester1873
Mexican1878
Cheviot1883
fat-tail1888
pampas1892
pampas sheep1895
turbary1908
karakul1913
East Friesian1949
Texel1949
Norfolk Horn1961
Colbred1962
1851 Encycl. Americana XIII. 249/2 Some of the English fine woolled sheep, as the Norfolk and South Down, have black or gray faces and legs.
1958 Econ. Hist. Rev. 11 106 While Kent and Marshall supported the retention of Norfolks, Young was contemptuous of the breed.
1989 S. G. Hall & J. Clutton-Brock 200 Years Brit. Farm Livestock xv. 189 The leanness of Suffolk meat has also been attributed to the Norfolk.
16. The dialect of Norfolk.
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the mind > language > languages of the world > Indo-Hittite > [noun] > Indo-European > Germanic > English > British English > English English
north country1698
west country1711
Yorkshire1717
Kenticism1735
English English1783
cockney1812
Cockneyese1823
East Angliana1825
Somersetian1825
Northumbrian1845
Norfolk1863
Kentish1866
Doric1870
Kensingtonian1911
Mummerset1915
Geordie1928
Hoxtoniana1935
scouse1963
mockney1967
Kensington1968
Liverpudlian1985
Jafaican2006
MLE2006
Multicultural London English2006
1863 E. FitzGerald Let. 8 June (1889) I. 290 On Thursday I went to Lynn: which I really took a Fancy to: the odd old houses..the civil, Norfolk-talking, People.
1895 W. Rye Gloss. Words E. Anglia p. vii The following specimens of modern Norfolk have been handed to me by correspondents.
1954 M. Sharp Gipsy in Parlour i. ii. 26 Their..conversation flowed in a spate of broad Devonian varied by an occasional touch of Norfolk from Charlotte.
1967 M. Home Winter Harvest vii. 88 He spoke the broadest Norfolk I've ever heard.
1992 B. Unsworth Sacred Hunger ii. 16 The voice rather deep, vibrant, softened by the growling inflections of Norfolk.
17. A Norfolk spaniel. Obsolete. rare.
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the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Canidae > other types of dog > [noun] > spaniel > land or water > varieties of
springer1749
King Charles1780
English springer1808
Marlborough dog1822
cocker spaniel1829
Marlborough1831
Blenheim1839
Norfolk spaniel1845
King Charles1848
Sussex spaniel1856
field spaniel1859
clumber1865
Norfolk1867
Japanese spaniel1880
Welsh springer1903
Tibetan spaniel1905
Brittany spaniel1936
Brittany1945
1867 ‘Stonehenge’ Dogs Brit. Islands i. iii. 40 The Norfolk is one of the four descriptions of spaniels known as ‘springers’.
18. In plural: a Norfolk suit. In later use also (in singular): a Norfolk jacket. Now rare.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for body or trunk (and limbs) > [noun] > jacket > other
duffel coat1683
duffel jacket1732
petenlair1753
grego1767
wamus1805
camisole1816
over-jacket1830
matinee1851
Zouave1859
paletot1863
blazer1880
Norfolks1902
letter sweater1914
letter jacket1934
bomber jacket1940
shirt-jac1944
samfu jacket1955
guru jacket1966
Mao jacket1967
1902 E. Nesbit Five Children & It ii. 47 Nine pockets in my Norfolks.
1913 Sat. Evening Post (Philadelphia) 22 Feb. 2 (advt.) Young women who can wear the overcoats and Norfolks made for young men, will find some interesting pages in the book.
1969 R. T. Wilcox Dict. Costume 248/1 The coat of the Duke of Norfolk's hunting suit, the first ‘Norfolk’, appeared in the 1880's with knickerbockers, a revival of knee breeches for day wear.
1970 S. J. Perelman Baby, it's Cold Inside 28 Where'd you get that Norfolk?.. Brooks hasn't carried that model in years.
19. A Norfolk terrier.
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the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Canidae > terrier > [noun] > other types of
Irish terrier1798
Dandie Dinmont1851
Welsh terrier1857
Bedlington1867
Jack Russell1878
Airedale1880
Clydesdale1887
Border terrier1894
Manchester terrier1894
Sealyham1894
schnauzer1899
pinscher1906
Cairn terrier1910
Kerry blue terrier1922
Lakeland terrier1928
wheaten1943
Sydney silky1945
Manchester1971
Norfolk1971
wire1975
1971 F. Hamilton World Encycl. Dogs 464 The Norfolk has terrific energy; so much that it is nearly impossible to tire it.
1993 Dog World June 155/2 (advt.) Norfolks for loving and companionship. Raised in our home.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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