nuncle
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of nuncle
1580–90; from the phrase mine uncle, taken as my nuncle; cf. newt
Example Sentences
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Prithee, nuncle, be contented; 'tis a naughty night to swim in.
From Time Magazine Archive
Every man’s favorite nuncle, fidl of chuckles and old sayings and mughspun wisdom.
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
She had to pay her nuncle his just due.
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
Wherefore he knew that nuncle Mardas was their prisoner, and said, "By the life of Mahdiyah, I will not depart hence till I have delivered her father, that she may not be troubled!"
From The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 06 by Sir Richard Francis Burton
Cry to it, nuncle, as the cockney did to the eels when she put 'em i' the paste alive; she knapped 'em o' the coxcombs with a stick and cried 'Down, wantons, down!'
From King Lear by William Shakespeare
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