"nunky" meaning in All languages combined

See nunky on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: nunkies [plural]
Etymology: Clipping of nuncle + -y. Etymology templates: {{clipping|en|nuncle}} Clipping of nuncle, {{suffix|en||y}} + -y Head templates: {{en-noun}} nunky (plural nunkies)
  1. (endearing) Synonym of unky. Tags: endearing Synonyms: unky [synonym, synonym-of]

Inflected forms

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      "nuncle",
      "nuncle#English"
    ],
    [
      "-y",
      "-y#English"
    ]
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "nuncle"
      },
      "expansion": "Clipping of nuncle",
      "name": "clipping"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "",
        "3": "y"
      },
      "expansion": "+ -y",
      "name": "suffix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Clipping of nuncle + -y.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "nunkies",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "nunky (plural nunkies)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English terms suffixed with -y",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
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          "name": "Male family members",
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        }
      ],
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              5,
              10
            ]
          ],
          "ref": "1812, James & Horace Smith, George Barnwell:",
          "text": "Make Nunky surrender his dibs,\nRub his pate with a pair of lead towels,\nOr stick a knife into his ribs,\nI warrant he'll then show some bowels.\nRum-ti-iddity-ti.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              39,
              44
            ]
          ],
          "ref": "1918, Jeffery Farnol, Our Admirable Betty:",
          "text": "\"Sounds curst funereal, Zeb! O my poor nunky! Go fetch 'em, Sergeant, and let me see 'em—'twill distress and pain me I know but—go fetch 'em!\"",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
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        "Synonym of unky."
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
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          "endearing"
        ],
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          "unky",
          "unky#English"
        ]
      ],
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        "(endearing) Synonym of unky."
      ],
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            "synonym",
            "synonym-of"
          ],
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        }
      ],
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      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "nunky"
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{
  "etymology_links": [
    [
      "nuncle",
      "nuncle#English"
    ],
    [
      "-y",
      "-y#English"
    ]
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "nuncle"
      },
      "expansion": "Clipping of nuncle",
      "name": "clipping"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "",
        "3": "y"
      },
      "expansion": "+ -y",
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    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Clipping of nuncle + -y.",
  "forms": [
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      "form": "nunkies",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "nunky (plural nunkies)",
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    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
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        "English clippings",
        "English countable nouns",
        "English endearing terms",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English nouns",
        "English terms suffixed with -y",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "en:Male family members"
      ],
      "examples": [
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            [
              5,
              10
            ]
          ],
          "ref": "1812, James & Horace Smith, George Barnwell:",
          "text": "Make Nunky surrender his dibs,\nRub his pate with a pair of lead towels,\nOr stick a knife into his ribs,\nI warrant he'll then show some bowels.\nRum-ti-iddity-ti.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              39,
              44
            ]
          ],
          "ref": "1918, Jeffery Farnol, Our Admirable Betty:",
          "text": "\"Sounds curst funereal, Zeb! O my poor nunky! Go fetch 'em, Sergeant, and let me see 'em—'twill distress and pain me I know but—go fetch 'em!\"",
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        }
      ],
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        "Synonym of unky."
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          "endearing",
          "endearing"
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        "(endearing) Synonym of unky."
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            "synonym",
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        }
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        "endearing"
      ]
    }
  ],
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}

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