Definitions
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- n. Obsolete form of nephew.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
- n. Nephew.
Etymologies
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Examples
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I was clapped in here by a rascally nevew as wishes to enjoy my wealth afore I'm dead. '
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'When your nevew that you recommended for a teacher had done this to my pa and jumped upon his body with his feet and also langwedge which
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In the morning the husband looks uppon his wife, the Brother his sister, the cozen the cozen, the Oncle the nevew, that weare for the most part found deade.
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I'm soglad you got this wondewful fuwwevew home. .it's a wondewful one. and you'll nevew be cold ow hungwya gain
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_nevew_ (French _neveu_) insted ov _nephew_, hwich iz both
Chips From A German Workshop, Vol. V. Miscellaneous Later Essays
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‘When your nevew that you recommended for a teacher had done this to my pa and jumped upon his body with his feet and also langwedge which I will not pollewt my pen with describing, he assaulted my ma with dreadful violence, dashed her to the earth, and drove her back comb several inches into her head.
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"He's gi'en 'em to his nevew, and I'm a-wheelin 'of 'em home for him.
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"He vas my nevew, Robert Glendenning" (she pronounced it however Robare
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In the morning the husband looks upon his wife, the Brother his sister, the cozen the cozen, the Oncle the nevew, that weare for the most part found dead. "
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