Daily Word Quiz
CHEESE-CUTTER a) a disgusting or contemptible fellow b) a prominent and aquiline nose c) a prison guard d) a hatchet Answer below. Today's Featured Word: POPPINODDLES NOUN a boyish term for a somersault ...1867 Eng. dial. (Cumberland) ETYMOLOGY ? - noddles for head, as in over 'pop over the head' FIRST DOCUMENTED USE Poppinoddles, a boyish term for a summerset. From: A Glossary of the Words and Phrases of Cumberland: Supplement By: William Dickinson, 1867 EXAMPLE "..."I is to tumble the poppenoddles," cries the bullet-headed gentleman. And presently the rustic young gamester is tossing somersets for a penny." From: The Shadow of a Crime By: Thomas Henry Hall Caine, 1885 SOURCES • The English Dialect Dictionary, Joseph Wright, 1898-1905 Daily Word Quiz Answer CHEESE-CUTTER b) a prominent and aquiline nose ...1873 sl.
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