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Cornish dialect of English words - some of these terms are obsolete, but some are in current use.12
- Backalong - in former times
- Berrin - funeral
- Better fit - it would be better if...
- Bobber lip - bruised and swollen lip
- Bulhorns - snails
- Buster - someone full of fun and mischief
- Cakey - soft, feeble minded
- Catchpit - a place in the home where everything is dropped
- Chacking - thirsty
- Chacks - cheeks
- Clip - sharp in speaking, curt, having taken offence
- Crowst - a mid-morning break for a snack (crib)
- Dishwasher - water-wagtail
- Dreckley - soon, but not necessarily immediately - like "manana" - but less urgent
- Emmet (Cornish) - ant or more recently crowds of tourists
- Figgy-hobbin - lump of dough, cooked with a handful of raisins
- Flam-new - brand new
- Fitty - proper, properly
- Giss on! - don't talk rubbish!
- Grammersow - woodlouse
- Gwidgee-gwee - a blister, often caused by a misdirected hammer blow
- Kiddlywink - unlicensed beer shop
- Launder - guttering, originally a trough in tin mining
- Larrups - rags, shreds, bits
- Lowance out - to set limits financially
- Maid - girl, girl-friend
- Mazed - mad, angry
- Milky-dashels - leaves and roots of dandelions
- Mind - to remember
- Pisky - pixie
- Planching - a wooden or planked floor
- Proper - satisfactory
- Roar - weep loudly
- Scat - to hit or break
- Squall - to cry
- Squallass - crybaby
- Steeved - frozen
- Teasy - bad-tempered
- Wasson - What's going on
- Wisht - weak, faint, pale ie: "You're looking wisht today"
- Urts - whortleberries, bilberries
- Zackley - exactly
- Zam-zoodled - half cooked or over cooked
See also
References
- ^ A Glossary of the Cornish Dialect - K. C. Phillipps 1993 - ISBN 0907018912
- ^ Cornish dialect dictionary
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