deuseaville en · NOUN
Etymology
Possibly from daisy + -ville.
Meanings
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(UK, obsolete, qualifier:thieves' cant) The countryside.
Duds and cheats thou oft hast won, / Yet the cuffin quire couldst shun; / And the deuseaville didst run, / Else the chates had thee undone.
1707, “The Rum-Mort's Praise of Her Faithless Maunder”, in Farmer, John Stephen, editor, Musa Pedestris, published 1896, page 36:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| deuse a vile | alternative | lexicographic | |
| duceavil | alternative | lexicographic | |
| deuseavile | alternative | lexicographic | |
| dewsavell | alternative | lexicographic | |
| deasyville | alternative | lexicographic | |
| deyseaville | alternative | lexicographic | |
| deausaville | alternative | lexicographic | |
| dewse-a-vile | alternative | lexicographic | |
| dewse-a-vyle | alternative | lexicographic | |
| deusavil | alternative | lexicographic | |
| deuceaville | alternative | lexicographic |