10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CURNAPTIOUS»
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Turn round an' tak' my biddin'.' Corleys, sb. curled kail. Curmurring, sb. grumbling
; the sound caused by flatus within the body. Curn, sb. a currant. Curnaptious, adj
. quarrelsome ; cross-grained. Custom gate, Custom gap, ,-''//. one of the ...
English Dialect Society, 1878
... borrowed evidently from the Scotch, such as brash, wheen, speel, sleekit,
sevendible, scringe, bing, skelly, farl, thraw, curnaptious, dotther, thole, boke,
dunsh, oxther, coggle, shengh, stour, foother, jeuk, floosther, sthroop, dwine,
cowp, flype, ...
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Glossary of Words in Use in Cornwall
... to it : ' Curl doddy on the midden. Turn round an' tak' my biddin'.' Curleys, sb.
curled kail. Curmurring, sb. grumbling ; the sound caused by flatus within the
body. Corn, sb. a currant. Curnaptious, adj. quarrelsome; cross-grained. Custom
gate ...
Margaret Ann Courtney, Thomas Quiller Couch, 1880
... wheen, speel, sleekit, sevendible, scringe, bing, skelly, farl, thraw, curnaptious,
dotther, thole, boke, dunsh, oxther, coggle, sheugh, stonr, foother, jeuk, floosther,
-sthroop, dwine, cowp, flype, thon (yon), corp (corpse), dixenary, girn, wumman, ...
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A Dictionary of Hiberno-English: The Irish Use of English
(origin obscure; Macafee gives 'Scots carnaptious. curnaptious; intensifying prefix
, car-, cur- + knap ( in the sense "to bite, to snap") + -tious, as in loanwords from
Latin). 'A real carnaptious fellow he is if you rise him [ make him angry]' ...
Terence Patrick Dolan, 2006
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Ulster Journal of Archaeology
\Vo11, ov all the oul' weemin in Ulsther, A nivver seen wan so curnaptious; 49 It's
ivver an' always yc're sconldin', An' still finin' fault with a body, 5° For the trurnin' 0'
sthroes, 5| or for nothin'. Yer tongue Wud 59 clip clouts jist like sheers, An' ...
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Sons of Ezra: British Poets and Ezra Pound
The only licht that comes frae fasces Is yon dour bleeze that puir men fashes In
Abyssinie — in Formose — Buenos Aires' or Tokyo's Corruppit and curnaptious
leid. Hae ye forgot that puir men bleed? Tae sain them wad ye jyle them aa?
Michael Alexander, James McGonigal, 1995
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The Chambers Crossword Dictionary, 3rd edition
... stubborn09crotchety, difficult, irascible,irritable 11badtempered, carnaptious,
curnaptious, illhumoured, quarrelsome13 quicktempered canteen 04café05flask,
Naafi06 buffet 08snackbar09cafeteria,refectory 10 commissary, restaurant canter
...
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A Glossary of Words and Phrases Pertaining to the Dialect of ...
... to it : ' Curl doddy on the midden, Turn round an' tak' my biddin'.' Curleys, sb.
curled kail. Curmurring, sb. grumbling ; the sound caused by flatus within the
body. Curn, sb. a currant. Curnaptious, adj. quarrelsome; cross-grained. Custom
gate ...
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Concise English Dictionary
curmudgeon kar-muj'an, n. an avaricious, ill-natured churlish fellow: amiser.—
adj. andadv. curmud geonly. curmurring kar-m&r'ing, n. a rumbling sound, esp.
that made in the bowels by flatulence. [Imit.] curnaptious. See camaptious.
currach ...
