maiden

maiden n ."noggyheads* is the one with which I am most familiar, because when I was a small child and tormented my aged grandmother, she was apt to call me that, meanwhile prophesying that I would surely come to a bad end, because noggyheads* were apt to grow up to be whizzgiggin'* maidens...

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Format: Manuscript
Language:English
Published: 1973
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Online Access:http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/56142
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Summary:maiden n ."noggyheads* is the one with which I am most familiar, because when I was a small child and tormented my aged grandmother, she was apt to call me that, meanwhile prophesying that I would surely come to a bad end, because noggyheads* were apt to grow up to be whizzgiggin'* maidens - or giggling girls. (* = my spelling) Yes J. D. A. Widdowson AUG 1973 Used I Used I 1 Not used MAID, ~ dog-berry (tree), ~ fir, SHEVAR, maidenhair, maiden ray, maiden's tresses, maiden vein Checked by Rebecca Nolan on Thu 01 Oct 2015