Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. Same as wincey.
Examples
“Alfred had the strange impression of Haplo's mind racing down a track, like the flash rafts of the Kicksey-winsey, the great iron carriages that scuttled along on iron rails, powered by the lightning of the 'lectric zingers.”
“He could see the continent of Drevlin, the metal parts of the great Kicksey-winsey flashing in the intermittent sunlight.”
“The Sartan ran the star chambers, which were designed to work with the Kicksey-winsey to beam energy to the other worlds.”
“The Kicksey-winsey would be up and running, the citadels in operation.”
“The citadels need the energy from the Kicksey-winsey.”
“On Arianus, the great Kicksey-winsey went to work, but it lacked direction.”
“Thus the Kicksey-winsey on Arianus will still send energy to the citadels on Pryan, which will beam energy to the conduits on Abarrach, which will in turn send" ”
“Light glinted and flashed off the gold and silver and brass parts of the fabulous Kicksey-winsey.”
“The Kenkari, reading the book on the Kicksey-winsey, realized that the machine would bring the lands of the elves and the humans together, that the dwarves would have control over the machine.”
“Even when parts of the Kicksey-winsey broke down, it worked; other parts worked to repair those that didn't.”
Lists
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In the Collieries
A collection of coal mining and colliery terms. Some British, some Scots, and some, Other. Many terms are quite to the point; others colorful and imaginative.
Also see Middlesmith's li...fire-damp, black-damp, choke-damp, skip, basket, gallery, Gregory lamp, pit, balance, balancer, tenter, coupler and 313 more...
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Like True Newfoundlanders
A place for me to store my Newfoundland English, as I learn it. (Might take a while.)
screech-in, screech, moose milk, bucklish, buckly, buckaloon, buccaloon, newfoundland sock, rum runner, scravel, newfoundland, oonchook and 112 more...
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chained_bear "As a boy I recall washing and polishing my mother's shoes nearly every day from the spring mud and summer dust. In summer, women generally wore 'winseys,' lighter, more ruffled dresses, except when doing outdoor work—salting, potato scraping, gardening, and the like—when they wore housedresses covered with rough burlap aprons, or aprons made of burny cloth."
—Howard Norman, The Bird Artist (New York: Picador USA), 51 Mar 19, 2009