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fefnicute

fefnicute noun: a two-faced, sneaky person.

Noun

fefnicute (plural fefnicutes)

  1. (Lancashire) A two-faced, sneaky person.
    • Aw’v no payshuns we um un ther kaps o liberte; ther naut but o parsel o feffnecutes, powsedurts us they r.1856 [1851], anonymous ["a fellow from Rochdale"], O Ful, Tru, un Pertikler Okeawnt o Bwoth Wat Aw Seed un Wat Aw Yerd We Gooin To Th' Greyt Eggshibishun e Lundun, 3rd edition, Wrigley and Son, page...
    • "What mak o' lennock faffnecutes an' ricklin bandyhewits are they? Tell me some sthrong words, Weighver; aw've noane 'at con do justice to sich heighvy-keighvy pickhawms!"1895, John Trafford Clegg, “Calder Valley”, in The Works of John Trafford Clegg, "Th' Owd Weighver.": Stories, Sketches, and Rhymes in the Rochdale Dialect, Clegg, page 397

Forms of fefnicute

pluralfefnicutes
alternative formfaffnecute
alternative formfeffnecute

Questions about fefnicute

What does fefnicute mean?
Fefnicute means a two-faced, sneaky person.
What part of speech is fefnicute?
Fefnicute is a noun.
What is the plural of fefnicute?
The plural of fefnicute is fefnicutes.

Words near fefnicute in the dictionary

  1. feevee
  2. feeze
  3. feezed
  4. feezes
  5. feezing
  6. fefnicute
  7. fefnicutes
  8. FEFO
  9. feg
  10. Fegan
  11. Fegans

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