Cockernony
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Cockernony is a noun meaning (Scotland, obsolete) The bunch of hair folded up in a snood worn by a woman.
Meaning
(Scotland, obsolete) The bunch of hair folded up in a snood worn by a woman.
Example Sentences
1836, Joanna Baillie, The Phantom, Act 1. And so I will; for here are rosy partners. Ribbon’d and cockernonied*, by my faith! Like very queens. Coil of hair on the top of the head.
Her mother [...] sat by the fire in the full glory of a grogram gown, lammer beads, and a clean cockernony, whiffing a snug pipe of tobacco, and superintending the affairs of the kitchen.
Word Forms
- cockernonies
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include cockernonnie, cock-up, capernoitie, cornicle, crownet, cockneycality.
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