aunt nell
aunt nell noun: an ear.
Noun
aunt nell (plural aunt nells)
- An ear.
- There was an omi down in Hackney, a stevedore, ran the Dalston Number Four Dock. He couldn't fly, see, cos he had something wrong with his aunt nells. His balance was all meshigener—you can't fly if you can't balance. You'd never be off your dish. But he had a daughter—loved her to the death—an'...2012, Ian McDonald, Be My Enemy (Everness; 2), Hachette UK, →ISBN
Verb
aunt nell (third-person singular simple present aunt nells, present participle aunt nelling, simple past and past participle aunt nelled)
- To listen; to hear.
- @bonnie_langford you're aunt nelling the polari you bona pallone2013 May 29, Gerry Tebbutt, Twitter
- Aunt nell the patter flash and gardy loo! / Bijou, she trolls, bold on lallies / slick as stripes down the Dilly.2015 October 12, Adam Lowe, “Poem of the week: Vada That”, in The Guardian
Interjection
Forms of aunt nell
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | aunt nells |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | aunt nells |
| present participle | aunt nelling |
| past participle | aunt nelled |
| past | aunt nelled |
Words formed from aunt nell
- aunt nell dangler
- aunt nelly fake
Questions about aunt nell
- What does aunt nell mean?
- Aunt nell means an ear.
- What part of speech is aunt nell?
- Aunt nell can be a noun, a verb or an interjection.
- What is the plural of aunt nell?
- The plural of aunt nell is aunt nells.
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