#8734
fool
→
puffin
3 realizations
Related shifts
ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
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Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
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type | Polysemy | |
language | English | |
lexeme | tomnoddy | |
meaning 1 | fool | |
direction | — | |
meaning 2 | puffin | |
reference | OED | |
comment |
ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
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type | Polysemy | |
language | Scots | |
lexeme | tammie norrie | |
meaning 1 | stupid-looking, bashful man | |
direction | — | |
meaning 2 | puffin | |
reference | <personally collected data> | |
comment | 1896, Andrew Cheviot, Proverbs, proverbial expressions, and popular rhymes of Scotland, page 310 Thesaurus of traditional English metaphors, by Peter Richard Wilkinson, page 346 |