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dunnekin

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
dun-nekin
IPA
13
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An outhouse: an outbuilding used as a lavatory.

Archaic

Etymology

From the addition of kin or ken, a pejorative form of house, to some form of danna, an obsolete slang for shit.

Usage

Inflected Forms

dunnekins (plural) dunegan (alternative) dunnakin (alternative) dunikin (alternative) dunniken (alternative) dunnyken (alternative)

Derived Forms

dunny

Synonyms

dunny

Questions

What does dunnekin mean?
An outhouse: an outbuilding used as a lavatory.
Where does dunnekin come from?
From the addition of kin or ken, a pejorative form of house, to some form of danna, an obsolete slang for shit.

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