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welshnut

welshnut noun: a walnut (nut or tree).

Noun

welshnut (plural welshnuts)

  1. (UK, West-Country, dated, dialectal, Dorset, Somerset) A walnut (nut or tree).
    • […] Our tongues do run, O, / Enough to stun, O, / Your head wi' glee by the welshnut tree.1879, William Barnes, “The Welshnut Tree”, in Poems of Rural Life in the Dorset Dialect, page 85
    • A wife, a whelp and a Welshnut tree / The more you beat 'em, the better they be.1912, Country Life, volume 31, page 313

Forms of welshnut

pluralwelshnuts
alternative formWelshnut
alternative formWelsh-nut

Origin of welshnut

From Middle English walsh-note, from Old English wealhhnutu (“walnut”, literally “Welsh-nut”), equivalent to Welsh + nut.

Questions about welshnut

What does welshnut mean?
Welshnut means a walnut (nut or tree).
What part of speech is welshnut?
Welshnut is a noun.
What is the plural of welshnut?
The plural of welshnut is welshnuts.

Words near welshnut in the dictionary

  1. Welshly
  2. Welshman
  3. Welshmans Reef
  4. Welshmen
  5. Welshness
  6. welshnut
  7. welshnuts
  8. Welshpool
  9. Welshries
  10. Welshry
  11. Welshwoman

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