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unco
1/ ˈʌŋkəʊ /
adjective
- awkward; clumsy
noun
- an awkward or clumsy person
unco
2/ ˈʌŋkəʊ /
adjective
- unfamiliar, strange, or odd
- remarkable or striking
adverb
- very; extremely
- the unco guidthe unco guid narrow-minded, excessively religious, or self-righteous people
noun
- a novel or remarkable person or thing
- obsolete.a stranger
- plural news
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Example Sentences
The place where all this “fou and unco happy” work was transacted is now the school chapel of the Wesleyans.
We were unco gleg to win hame when a' this was dune, an' after steekin' the door, to sit an' birsle oor taes at the bit blaze.
Captain Hoseason,” returned my uncle, “you keep your room unco hot.
“This is unco hard on me that brought him here, James,” said he, throwing his head back.
Mr. Soulis had heard tell o' black men mony's the time; but there was something unco about this black man that daunted him.
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