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twagger
twagger dial. (ˈtwægə(r)) [Cf. quag v.1 and twadding adv.] A (? big or fat) lamb.1599 Peele Arraignm. Paris i. i, I have brought a twagger for the nones, A bunting lamb;..my cunning much I miss, If ever Pan felt fatter lamb than this. c 1900 in Eng. Dial. Dict. (West Sussex).
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twadding
† ˈtwadding, adv. Obs. rare—1. [Of obscure origin: cf. twagger.] Abundantly (fat).1657 G. Thornley Daphnis & Chloe 175 Nor had the Wolf raven'd away so much as one [goat], and they were all more twadding fat then the very sheep.
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bunting
▪ I. bunting, n.1 (ˈbʌntɪŋ) Also 4 bountyng, 5 buntynge; cf. the variants bunkin, buntyle, buntlin. [Origin unknown: Skeat suggests comparison with bunt v.2, Sc. buntin short and thick, plump (see 3), bunt n.5, Welsh bontin the rump, bontinog large-buttocked.] 1. a. The English name of a group of in...
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