jonnock
Britishadjective
adverb
Etymology
Origin of jonnock
of uncertain origin
Example Sentences
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‘Good,’ said the old man, ‘but if you say that you have sold him for less than a hundred, I shan’t consider you jonnock; remember what the young fellow said—that young fellow—.’
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“Good,” said the old man, “but if you say that you have sold him for less than a hundred, I shan’t consider you jonnock; remember what the young fellow said—that young fellow—” I heard no more, for the next moment I found myself on a broad road leading, as I supposed, in the direction of Horncastle, the surgeon still in the saddle, and my legs moving at a rapid trot.
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"Jonnock!" said I. "You're a Stafford chap," she asserted.
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