junt
/ˈd͡ʒʌnt/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.07 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "Whare ancient poets us'd to dine / On junts o' rhymin skill; / Ye might to latest ages shine, An' countless pages fill,[…]"
- "When they were partin with Lady Killdun, she called Ned Burke aside, an (as Donald said) gave him a junt of butter betwixt two fardles of bread, which Ned put into a wallet they had for carrying some little baggage."
- "She helped her mother now and then to junts of salt meat out of her master's barrel."
- ""Throw a couple of turf and a junt of fir on the fire, Dinny, a thaisge, afore ye sit down," he said."
- "A fine bowl of tea and a junt of flour bread."
- "[The play Hurt Village. Page 261:] These junts is heavy. […] [Page 326:] 'cause he never stop believin' that one day thar junt was gone be blowed off."
Etymology
Apparently a figurative extension of Early Scots junt (“joint”), Middle English joynt, junte (“joint (of the body, where the bones meet)”), perhaps influenced by junk. Compare jawn.