dunny
Pronunciation
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Pronunciation
- IPA: /dʌni/
dunny (comparative dunnier, superlative dunniest)
Adjectivedunny (comparative dunnier, superlative dunniest)
- (UK dialect) Somewhat deaf, hard of hearing.
- (UK dialect, pejorative euphemism) Slow to answer: stupid, unintelligent.
- a. 1791,, F. Grose, Olio, p. 105:
- What the devil are you dunny? won't you give me no answer?
- a. 1791,, F. Grose, Olio, p. 105:
dunny (plural dunnies)
- (UK dialect, pejorative euphemism, obsolete) A dummy, an unintelligent person.
dunny (plural dunnies)
- (UK slang, obsolete) Alternative form of danna#English|danna: shit. [From 1859.]
- (Australia & New Zealand slang, also dated Scotland & North England slang) An outhouse: an outbuilding used as a lavatory. [From 1933.]
- 2010, Christopher Milne, "The Boy Who Lived in a Dunny" in The Day Our Teacher Went Mad and Other Naughty Stories for Good Boys and Girls, p. 108 ↗:
- ‘Until you wake up to yourself, you can live in the old dunny for all I care.’
- ‘All right, I will,’ said Tony.
- 2010, Christopher Milne, "The Boy Who Lived in a Dunny" in The Day Our Teacher Went Mad and Other Naughty Stories for Good Boys and Girls, p. 108 ↗:
- (Australia & New Zealand slang) Any other place or fixture used for urination and defecation: a latrine; a lavatory; a toilet.
- (Scottish, northern England, slang, dated) A passageway, particularly those connecting an outhouse to the main building.
- (outhouse) See Thesaurus:bathroom
- (toilet) See Thesaurus:toilet
dunny (plural dunnies)
- (Scottish, northern England, slang, dated) A cellar, basement, or underground passage.
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