单词 | nunky |
释义 | nunkyn. Chiefly British. 1. colloquial. Uncle. Cf. nuncle n. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinsman or relation > uncle > [noun] emeOE unclec1300 nunclec1426 nunka1589 Unky?1790 nunky1796 nunk1822 oom1822 nunks1841 Unk1868 chacha1937 tito1969 1796 in Catal. Prints: Polit. & Personal Satires (Brit. Mus.) (1942) VII. 260 The Old Trick.—or—Nunkee Gaining the Honors. 1798 C. Smith Young Philosopher I. 101 I only repeat what I have heard, that old nunky looks upon you as still belonging to him. 1826 J. Kerr Rip Van Winkle ii. iv. 65 Bravo! Nunkey Knickerbrocker! You are no blind pilot. 1870 M. Bridgman Robert Lynne II. v. 102 I saw..how rich your dutiful old nunky had cut up. 1892 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Jan. 115/2 I was ‘Nunky’, though what connection that title had with my relationship as her godfather I never could discover. 1969 ‘A. Gilbert’ Missing from Home vi. 86 We don't even know she had an uncle... And if it was seven o'clock..she was running it pretty fine if she was going for a drive with Nunkie. 1973 Times Lit. Suppl. 30 Nov. 1472/2 She was A. J. Balfour's favourite niece... ‘Nunky’ died in 1930. 2. slang. A pawnbroker. Cf. uncle n. 3. Now rare. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > financial dealings > moneylending > [noun] > one who lends money > one with whom pawn deposited > pawnbroker fulker1568 broker1583 uncle1606 pawnbroker1658 lumberer1802 dolly-man1851 pawn1851 nunky1875 Shylock1930 1875 Harper's Mag. Jan. 206/1 Nelly explained to Janet that ‘Nunky’, etc., was a dealer in second-hand watches and mosaics. 1921 Daily Colonist (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) 5 Apr. 13/5 If you happen to want a ten-dollar bill and trot round the corner to ‘nunky’; why, that's really not quite done, my dear fellow. 1937 E. Partridge Dict. Slang 574/1 Nunky,..a Jew more or less a money-lender. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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