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marrowsky en · NOUN

Etymology

First attested in 1859 and most likely derived from Polish Morawski. Generally thought to be named after a Polish nobleman active in London a couple of decades before the word's first attestation who suffered from accidental sound transpositions (possibly Józef Boruwłaski).

Meanings

  1. (UK, rare) Spoonerism.

Forms

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marrowskies Number=Plur lexicographic

wikipedia: Józef Boruwłaski