nunny bagn.

Brit.

/ˈnʌnɪ ˌbaɡ/, U.S.

/ˈnəni ˌbæɡ/, Canadian English

/ˈnʌni ˌbæɡ/

Forms: 1800s– nunny bag, 1900s– ninny bag, 1900s– nonny bag.

Origin: Apparently formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: an element of uncertain origin, bag n.

Etymology: < a first element of uncertain origin + bag n. The first element may be related to English and U.S. regional nunch lunch (see note s.v. nuncheon n.); compare nunch-bag, nunchy-bag small canvas bag used to carry food, recorded from the 20th cent. in Dict. Newfoundland Eng. (1982) 354/2.Perhaps compare also 18th-cent. Scottish English noony (also noon-piece, nooning-piece) a carried mid-day meal, a snack carried to eat when hungry, recorded in Sc. National Dict. s.v. nune n.¹

Newfoundland.

A knapsack of sealskin, burlap, or canvas, used to carry supplies when hunting, sealing, etc.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > equipment > receptacle or container > bag > [noun] > carried on back or over shoulder

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nunny bag1842

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daysack1974

1842 J. B. Jukes Excurs. Newfoundland II. 146 Having determined to return, we hung up in the tilt a ‘nunny bag’ full of bread.

1866 W. Wilson Newfoundland & its Missionaries xiv. 341 Each man had a nunny-bag, which is a kind of knapsack, made of seal-skin.

1895 Dial. Notes 1 380 Nunny bag, lunch bag; usually made of a piece of sealskin, and used by sealers when they go off for a day.

1919 W. T. Grenfell Labrador Doctor 90 Our sealers carry dry oatmeal and sugar in their ‘nonny bags’, which, mixed with snow, assuage their thirst and hunger as well.

1961 Maclean's 28 Jan. 47/2 He clawed through his nunny-bag till he found a bit of oatmeal.

1978 W. S. Avis in Occas. Papers Dept. Eng. Royal Mil. Coll. Canada No. 2. 45 Other Canadianisms are more or less limited to certain regions—to Newfoundland: nunnybag.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	nunny bag
释义	nunny bagn. Brit. /ˈnʌnɪ ˌbaɡ/, U.S. /ˈnəni ˌbæɡ/, Canadian English /ˈnʌni ˌbæɡ/ Forms: 1800s– nunny bag, 1900s– ninny bag, 1900s– nonny bag. Origin: Apparently formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: an element of uncertain origin, bag n. Etymology: < a first element of uncertain origin + bag n. The first element may be related to English and U.S. regional nunch lunch (see note s.v. nuncheon n.); compare nunch-bag, nunchy-bag small canvas bag used to carry food, recorded from the 20th cent. in Dict. Newfoundland Eng. (1982) 354/2.Perhaps compare also 18th-cent. Scottish English noony (also noon-piece, nooning-piece) a carried mid-day meal, a snack carried to eat when hungry, recorded in Sc. National Dict. s.v. nune n.¹ Newfoundland. A knapsack of sealskin, burlap, or canvas, used to carry supplies when hunting, sealing, etc. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > receptacle or container > bag > [noun] > carried on back or over shoulder knapsack1603 snapsack1633 snap-bag1688 haversack1711 pikau1836 nunny bag1842 packsack1851 pack1853 rucksack1853 kiondo1902 backpack1914 Charley1919 Bergan1923 musette1923 daypack1969 daysack1974 1842 J. B. Jukes Excurs. Newfoundland II. 146 Having determined to return, we hung up in the tilt a ‘nunny bag’ full of bread. 1866 W. Wilson Newfoundland & its Missionaries xiv. 341 Each man had a nunny-bag, which is a kind of knapsack, made of seal-skin. 1895 Dial. Notes 1 380 Nunny bag, lunch bag; usually made of a piece of sealskin, and used by sealers when they go off for a day. 1919 W. T. Grenfell Labrador Doctor 90 Our sealers carry dry oatmeal and sugar in their ‘nonny bags’, which, mixed with snow, assuage their thirst and hunger as well. 1961 Maclean's 28 Jan. 47/2 He clawed through his nunny-bag till he found a bit of oatmeal. 1978 W. S. Avis in Occas. Papers Dept. Eng. Royal Mil. Coll. Canada No. 2. 45 Other Canadianisms are more or less limited to certain regions—to Newfoundland: nunnybag. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1842
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