"marrowsky" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: marrowskies [plural]
Etymology: First attested in 1859 and most likely derived from Polish Morawski. Generally thought to be named after a Polish nobleman active in London a couple of decades before the word's first attestation who suffered from accidental sound transpositions (possibly Józef Boruwłaski). Etymology templates: {{etydate|1859}} First attested in 1859, {{yesno|1|d|D}} d, {{glossary|derived terms|derived}} derived, {{der|en|pl|Morawski|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Polish Morawski, {{der+|en|pl|Morawski|nocap=1}} derived from Polish Morawski, {{quote-web|en|author=Pascal Tréguer|site=wordhistories.net|title=the history of ‘marrowsky’ (interchange of sounds)|url=https://wordhistories.net/2017/02/06/marrowsky/|year=2017}} 2017, Pascal Tréguer, “the history of ‘marrowsky’ (interchange of sounds)”, in wordhistories.net: Head templates: {{en-noun}} marrowsky (plural marrowskies)
  1. (rare, chiefly UK) Spoonerism. Wikipedia link: Józef Boruwłaski Tags: UK, rare
    Sense id: en-marrowsky-en-noun-RfMV~tHt Categories (other): British English, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

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