nunksn.
/nʌŋks/, U.S. /nəŋks/ colloquial. Chiefly British. Now rare.
Uncle. Cf. nuncle n., nunky n.
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society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinsman or relation > uncle > [noun]
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1841 Comic Almanack Dec. 48 Come, nunks, one game at Blindman's-buff.
c1868 E. Stirling Old Curiosity Shop i. v. 19 When you become the sole inheritor of the wealth of the rich old nunks, you and I'll spend it together.
1884 C. M. Yonge Armourer's Prentices I. 142 Should you know this nunks of yours?
1915 A. Bennett These Twain (1916) ii. xiii. 259 ‘Here's Nunks!’ exclaimed George.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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