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carriwitchet
@@@LINK=carwitchet Oxford English Dictionary
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carwhichet
carwhichet, -witchet var. carriwitchet. Oxford English Dictionary
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carwidgeon
carˈwidgeon ? = carriwitchet.a 1626 Middleton Mayor of Queenb. v. i, 2nd Player. The Whirligig, the Whibble, the Carwidgeon. Simon. Heyday! what names are these? 2nd. Pl. New names of late. Oxford English Dictionary
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carwitchet
carriˈwitchet, carˈwitchet Forms: 7 carwhichet, -whitchet, -wichet, corwhichet, 7–9 carwitchet, 8 carrawitchet, cary-whichit, carry witchet, 9 carwhichit, carriwitchet. [Derivation unknown. Dr. Fitzedward Hall in Mod. Eng. asks ‘can it be a corruption of F. colifichet?’] A pun, quibble; a hoaxing qu... Oxford English Dictionary
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carawimple
† carawimple Obs. (Cf. carriwitchet.)1672 Eachard Lett. 2 A meer fiction..a dream, device, and carawimple. Oxford English Dictionary
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curwhibble
curˈwhibble ? dial. [app. connected with whybibble given by Forby as ‘a whimsey, idle fancy, silly scruple, etc.’ With the first syllable cf. curfuffle, and carwitchet, carriwitchet.] ? A whimsical or nonsensical contrivance; also attrib.1842 S. Lover Handy Andy x. 99 Don't the English catch their f... Oxford English Dictionary
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clinch
▪ I. clinch, n.1 (klɪnʃ) Forms: 5 clynche, 8 clintch, 7– clinch. [A variant of clench n.: cf. clinch v.1] 1. A fastening in which the end of a nail is turned over and driven back into the substance through which it has passed, or in which the end of a bolt is beaten down and flattened upon a metal r... Oxford English Dictionary
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