childer
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃɪldə(r)/
Noun
childer
- (Ireland, obsolete elsewhere) plural of child
- 1906, Halliwell Sutcliffe, A Benedick in Arcady:
- Parents, I've noticed, have a trick of saying their prayers through their childer on weathersome days.
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childer (plural childers)
- (Northern England) A child.
- 1839, Abel BYWATER, The Sheffield Dialect. [A Series of Papers in that Dialect, with a Glossary.], page 223:
- As yo ma be quoit shure where there's agret family a childer, a wumman's loik tubbe varra throng ina monin
- 1894, Emily Lawless, Maelcho: A Sixteenth Century Narrative
- Aye has he, Dan'l Drax, so do ee larn him what cums to they as lets off rebels. He be safter nor turnips, nor boiled turnips, so he be. Was blubberin' while back over yon rebel an'a childer !
- 1899, Frederick R. Smith, Doxie Dent: A Clog-shop Chronicle
- Ay, a childer's class, tha' knows — a Katty — Katty — Aw dunna know wot they caw'n it.
- 2003 September 13, Guy King, “Re: Hi from Kran”, in uk.rec.sheds, Usenet:
- Yebbut...she ain't a childer any more...she's stuck in no-mans-land for the next few years.
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Derived terms
References
- Merriam-Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged Accessed 23 Feb. 2006.
- The O'Byrne Files, "Dublin Slang Dictionary" Accessed 23 Feb. 2006.
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