8 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «NIP CURN»
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The English dialect dictionary, being the complete ...
Yks.', ne.Lan.', e.An.'. Ken. (A.I\I.), w.Som.l (2vv 1'1.Cy. He's a regular nip-curn (l5.
K.). 1n.Yks.| w.Yks. Said of persons who are so stingy that they would nip :1
currant in two (_I.\V.); He's a grand gleid yond; a bonny nipcurn. Lewis More.
Suppl.
2
A Glossary of Words Pertaining to the Dialect of Mid-Yorkshire
Nip - curn [nip' - kaon], nip-currant, is also employed. In this word the r is
frequently trilled ; but on occasions is as distinctly without the letter. For nip, split [
splefr] is substituted, at times, to express a like meaning. Nip -screed [nip'-skree-d
] ; or ...
3
A glossary of words pertaining to the dialect of ...
Nip-raisin [nip--re-h'zin], a stingy salesman ; one who is barely just towards the
buyer. Wh. 0l. ; gen. Nip-curn [nip--kaon], nip-currant, is also employed. In this
word the r is frequently trilled; but on occasions is as distinctly without the letter.
Nip - curn [nip--kaon], nip-currant, is also employed. In this word the r is
frequently trilled ; but on occasions is as distinctly without the letter. For nip, split [
splet] is substituted, at times, to express a like meaning. Nip-screed [nip--skree"d]
; or ...
English Dialect Society, 1882
... claht-'eead (cloth-head), fond-'eead (foolish head), gawp-'eead, lump-yed, daft
'awporth, gommeril etc, and terms for niggardly people such as nip-screw and nip
-curn (cf 'pinch-penny') and descriptions of a greedy, grasping person: 'e's that ...
6
Rustic Speech and Folk-lore
... an effeminate man, especially one conspicuous for outward adornment, but
deficient in common sense ; muck-spout, a person who uses filthy language ;
news-poke, a gossip ; nip-curn [-currant], nip-fig, nip-raisin, a person so stingy
that he ...
Elizabeth Mary Wright, 1913
... someone who's slow on the uptake. crozzled: overdone food. nip curn:
someone who's so tight-fisted they will cut a currant in half. tally-woman: the
female equivalent of the man who comes to collect the rent. tatahash: a wonderful
delicacy, ...
8
Summer Bulletin - Yorkshire Dialect Society
... so ah gladly pay me 'sub' An send mi bit o brass, An wish a CHAMPION New
Year from That Lanky /Yorksher Lass!! WEASTE NOT - WANT NOT! Minnie Clark
wor a tight-fisted nip-curn An er usband sure knew £ wor wed! An efter a life-tahm
...
Yorkshire Dialect Society, 1996
