10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «JONNOCK»
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The English dialect dictionary
sw.Lin.1; jenictthb.'; jennickN.Cy.1; johnnick w.Cor.; jollick e.An.1; jonach s.Pcm.;
jonic Dev. w.Cor.: jonick 80111.; jonnack Chs.l s.Chs.1 \Var.a Shr.l Oxfz jonnacks
Oxf; jonnick s.Not. th.' \Var. Oxf. e.An.l l.\V.'*' \Vil.l Dor. w.Som.l Con“: jonnock ...
2
Salopia Antiqua: Or, An Enquiry from Personal Survey Into ...
Belg. schocken ; Ital. scuotere, quassare. Jonnock, phr. The precise meaning of
this word is so difficult to convey to polite ears, that an illustration rather than a
definition must declare its peculiarity. I imagine it signifies that a matter is
conclusive ...
Charles Henry Hartshorne, 1841
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A Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English
See Jan, 2. jannock, jonnick, jonnock, jonnuk. Honest, loyal, equitable; proper,
customary; conclusive: 5. since ca. 1820 (Sessions, 1825—as jonnock), > in
1914, fairly gen. coll. (Its use in Lancashire has been wittily satirised by GE.
Montague ...
4
The Romany rye: a sequel to "Lavengro"
Come, unless you choose to behave jonnock, I shall take the bridle and lead the
horse back into the stable." "Well," said the surgeon, "we are old friends, and I
don't wish to dispute with you, so I'll tell you what I will do ? I will ride the animal to
...
George Henry Borrow, 1857
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The Routledge Dictionary of Historical Slang
jannock, jonnick, jonnock, jonnuk . Honest, loyal, equitable; proper, customary;
conclusive: dial. > current s. ca 1820 (Sessions, 1825, as jonnock). Whence the C
.19 die jannock, to die game or with bravado. In Australia, where it dates from ca
...
6
Archaic England: An Essay in Deciphering Prehistory from ...
In the West of England the adjective “jonnock” still means true, straightforward,
generous, unselfish, and companionable.[115] The adjective chein still used by
Jews means very much the same as jonnock, with, however, the additional sense
...
7
Essex Review: An Illustrated Quarterly Record of Everything ...
A monstrous fat man who used to come to Felsted School for cricket in old times
was always known as Jelly-belly. JOB: to stab, peck. ' Look where they owd
sparrers 's bin a jobb'n of 'em off.' 15th c. *JONNOCK : right, fair, straight-forward.
8
Archaeologia Cambrensis
Jonnock" I have not met with used in the sense given by Mr. Matthews ; it is
certainly more commonly used to describe fair, honest and straightforward
behaviour, as " Be jonnock," " I'll act jonnock by you," " He was quite jonnock
about it," and ...
9
Life in a Man-of-war: Or Scenes in "Old Ironsides" During ...
Dere, just look at dat dere, now," squealed forth ChufFy, as Grubbings inserted
one of his organs of hearing between his teeth ; " does you call dat jonnock ? I
wont fight at all, if I does'nt get fair play." " Oh come, come," cried Flukes, dragging
...
Henry James Mercier, William Gallop, 1841
10
The Life of Andrew Jackson: President of the United States. ...
I thou't as how you wou'dn't get all for nothin; he knows how tu stand the tug —
he's rale jonnock, and isn't goin tu hike off when he has the dollars tu take care of.
Well, major, arter all I like spunk; and when I seed him give Amos sich a flyin ...
Seba Smith, Charles Augustus Davis, John Clarke (of Philadelphia), 1834
