fussock en · NOUN
Pronunciation
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- /ˈfʌsək/
Meanings
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(archaic) A fat woman.
"Ay, the mercer's wife—I shall come to her presently. Well, Peregrine, as you have often seen, is a shade or so jealous of that fussock, his wife, who looks, when she is tricked out in her new russet grogram cloak, more like a brown haycock in motion than a living woman."
1838, John P. Kennedy, chapter X, in Rob of the Bowl, volume I:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| fussocks | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
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Translations (3)
fr toutoune (Translations) · el φάλαινα (Translations) · tl tambugak (Translations)