Bannut
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Bannut is a noun meaning (dialectal, England) An English walnut.
Meaning
(dialectal, England) An English walnut.
Example Sentences
Crack nuts and bannuts (walnuts), / Say the bells of St. Weonard’s.
One of the workmen remarked that “He be so like a Christian you canna pass him without givin’ him summat, an’ now I gives him the bannuts* he runs to the door to meet me when he sees me a-comin’.”[…]* “Bannuts”—local word for walnuts.
In 1810-11 the tenant of Rushock Court at his own expense, planted: / 220 strong pears at 3/- / 56 pear stocks at 2/- / 104 pears at 1/6 / 114 stocks at 2/- / 60 crabs at 1/6 / 41 crabs at 1/- / 26 damsons at 1/6 / 14 walnuts at 2/- / 2 Bannuts at 3/- / 6 Spanish Chestnuts at 1/- /—total with expenses of planting £79 2s. 0d.
Word Forms
- bannuts
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include bannik, bannock, gingernut, jannock, nutbowl, nutter.
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