10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SINGING HINNY»
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The Diner's Dictionary: Word Origins of Food and Drink
It is said to have been created in by Ngiam Tong Boon, a barman at
Raffles Hotel, Singapore. singing hinny A speciality of northeast England
consisting of a cake made typically from flour, butter, sugar, lard, cream, and
currants, baked ...
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A glossary of North country words, in use: From an original ...
Spice, gingerbread. Perhaps from the spice used in seasoning. Spice-cake, a
cake full of currants ; generally baked on a girdle. See Singin, or Singing-hinny.
Spiddick and Fawcet, a wooden instrument used as a substitute for a cock to let
out ...
John Trotter Brockett, 1825
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A Book of the Beginnings
Honey-fairs are celebrated in Cumberland and other parts of the North, with no
relation to honey. They are a kind of wake, with dancing and other sports, held a
week before Christmas. The honey, or hinny, called a "singing hinny," is a cake.
I doubt the consecration of a singing hinny. “Knead,” i. e. kneaded cakes, the rich
cakes G. H. refers to, are called “singing hinnies ” among the Nor— thumberland
miners when served 11 fizzing hot, with a glass of rum emptied over a dish of ...
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A Dictionary of Archaic and Provincial Words, Obsolete ...
... for the consecrated host in the eucharistic sacrament. See Davics' Rites, cd.
1672, p. 2. Item, I bequethc to the same chirch a little round cofyn of sylver, closed
in syngyng-bred, and nut the hoite. Test. Wetust. p. 20G. SINGING-HINNY ...
James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps, 1847
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A glossary of North country words, with their etymology, and ...
Isl. fysa. Fizzer, a singing hinny without spice. See Singing Hinnie. Flacker,
Flecker, to flutter, to vibrate like the wings of a bird under alarm, to quiver. Su.-Got
. fieckra. Germ. flackern. — Flicker is used by Chaucer and Shakspeare. Flaff, to
flap.
John Trotter Brockett, William Edward Brockett, 1846
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A glossary of North Country words, with their ethymology, ...
Isl. fysa. Fizzer, a singing hinny without spice. See Singing Hinnie. Flacker,
Flecker, to flutter, to vibrate like the wings of a bird under alarm, to quiver. Su.-Got
. flecJcra. Germ. flackern. — Flicker is used by Chaucer and Shakspeare. Flaff, to
flap.
John Trotter Brockett, 1846
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A glossary of north country words, in use. From an original ...
Singin-hinnie, or Singing-hinny, a rich kneaded cake; indispensable in a pitman's
family. So called from the singing noise emitted while baking it on the girdle. t
Singlin, a handful of gleaned corn — a single gleaning. This word is doubtless
the ...
John Trotter Brockett, 1829
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A Glossary of North Country Words
Singin-hinnie, or Singing-hinny, a rich kneaded cake ; indispensable in a
pitman's family. So called from the singing noise emitted while baking it on the
girdle. Singlin, a handful of gleaned corn — a single gleaning. This word is
doubtless the ...
Two kinds are used by them — white and brown; "spiced wigs" prevail on
Sundays, and the "singing hinny" makes its appearance on grand occasions.
Great excesses are still prevalent on the pay Friday and Saturday nights. Ale is
the liquor ...
Tynside Naturalists' Field Club, Newcastle-Uponptyne, 1864
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Try a Full English breakfast before the royal wedding
Other recipes were for Singing Hinny, Trollins and Banbury Pie, each name a delight, but alas, not proper fare for the nuptials of a prince of England. Here in the ... «The Virginian-Pilot, Apr 11»
