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finnimbrun

finnimbrun noun: a trifle, trinket or knick-knack.

Noun

finnimbrun (plural finnimbruns)

  1. (obsolete) A trifle, trinket or knick-knack
    • Let me tell you, Scholar, that Diogenes walked on a day, with his friend, to see a country fair; where he saw ribbons, and looking-glasses, and nutcrackers, and fiddles, and hobby-horses, and many other gimcracks; and, having observed them, and all the other finnimbruns that make a complete...1676, Izaak Walton, The Compleat Angler, 5th edition, Project Gutenberg, published 1996, part I, chapter XXI

Forms of finnimbrun

pluralfinnimbruns

Questions about finnimbrun

What does finnimbrun mean?
Finnimbrun means a trifle, trinket or knick-knack.
What part of speech is finnimbrun?
Finnimbrun is a noun.
What is the plural of finnimbrun?
The plural of finnimbrun is finnimbruns.

Words near finnimbrun in the dictionary

  1. Finnigan
  2. Finnigans
  3. Finnighan
  4. finnikin
  5. finnikins
  6. finnimbrun
  7. finnimbruns
  8. finning
  9. Finningham
  10. Finningley
  11. finnip

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