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nummet
nummet dial. (ˈnʌmɪt) Also nommit, -et. [Corruption of noonmeat; cf. nammet and nummock.] A light meal or luncheon.1825 Jennings Obs. Dial. W. Eng., Nummet, a short meal between breakfast and dinner; nunchion. 1850 Collins Gower Dial. in Trans. Phil. Soc. IV. 222 Nommet, a luncheon of bread, cheese,...
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nummock
nummock variant of nummet.1875 Sat. Rev. 3 Aug. 140/1 Our whortle-gatherers..sit down for their ‘nummock’ of bread and whortleberries, washed down by..water.
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nammet
nammet dial. (ˈnæmɪt) Also -it, -ut. Var. of nummet, luncheon, slight meal. Also attrib.1847 Halliwell. 1863 Wise New Forest 193 The labourer still..feels himself lear..before he eats his nammit. 1878 T. Hardy Ret. Native i. iii, I haven't seen the colour of drink since nammet-time to-day.
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noonmeat
† noonmeat Obs. Forms: 1 nónmete; 4–5 none mete (5 nun, nvne), 6 none, noone meat(e. [f. noon n. + meat n. Now represented in dial. by nammet and nummet.] A meal taken at noon, a luncheon.a 1000 Sal. & Sat. lix, On xii monðum ða scealt sillan ðinum þeowan men vii hund hlafa, and xx hlafa, buton morᵹ...
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