Apr. 24th, 2009

blunk

Apr. 24th, 2009 07:05 am
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Another Forgotten English Friday:


blunk - "Blunk of weather, a fit of squally, tempestuous weather.   —William Mashall's Provincialisms of East Norfolk, 1787


To my surprise, I was able to find confirmation in a contemporary glossary of meteorology, where its use is noted as British.

---L.

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