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unsonsy

[uhn-son-see]
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adjective British Dialect.
  1. bringing or boding ill luck.
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Origin of unsonsy

First recorded in 1550–60; un-1 + sonsy
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Examples from the Web for unsonsy

Historical Examples

  • He feared to clod it; for it was an unsonsy like beast, and he had a druther that it wasna a canny creature.

    Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland

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