Sun-bonneted

adj

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Alternative form of sunbonneted. alt-of, alternative, not-comparable

    "If a sun-bonneted market woman got in with us, mother could never resist talking to her, and answering the invariable Cornish question: "Wheer be 'ee goin'?" Then would follow the astonished "From Lunnon are 'ee? Aw, my deer!""

Example

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"If a sun-bonneted market woman got in with us, mother could never resist talking to her, and answering the invariable Cornish question: "Wheer be 'ee goin'?" Then would follow the astonished "From Lunnon are 'ee? Aw, my deer!""

Etymology

From sun bonnet + -ed.

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