单词 | pundle |
释义 | † pundlen.1 Obsolete. derogatory. An unattractive woman. ΚΠ 1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Pundle, as ‘She is a very Pundle’, i.e. an ill shap'd and ill dress'd Creature. 1736 R. Ainsworth Thes. Linguæ Latinæ Pundle, a short and fat woman. 1760 T. Gray Let. 22 Apr. (1971) II. cccxi. 667 The old Pundles that sat on Ld G: Sackvile. 1864 J. Rogers New Rush 53 If you impetrate a wife at all, Select a lyre-bird foor-foot-nothing small; Of all delicious darlings, I protest The juicy pundle is the very best! This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online June 2020). † pundlen.2 English regional (East Anglian). Obsolete. rare. The European wigeon, Anas penelope. Cf. pandle whew n. at pandle n. Compounds. ΚΠ 1831 G. Montagu Dict. Brit. Birds (ed. 2) 542 Wigeon... Provincial.—Pundle. Whew. Yellowhall.[ed. 1, 1813: Pandle-Whew, Yellow-pole.] This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online June 2020). < n.11706n.21831 |
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