Lexicographical Neighbors of Bonnock
Literary usage of Bonnock
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Register of the Privy Council of Scotland by Scotland Privy Council (1908)
"... told him that shoo lived in the nixt house he went in to hire and cam presently
out again and shoo following him with a bonnock as he had said before, ..."
2. Publications by English Dialect Society (1880)
"bonnock, sb. Same as Bannock. Boe, sb. a louse. Booket, adj. sized. ' It's big
booket.' Bool, sb. the bow of a key, or of scissors. ..."
3. English Caricature and Satire on Napoleon I. by John Ashton (1884)
"Cries a brave bonny Scot, Mon, gee mee his lug, And I'll squeeze him as flat as
a bonnock or bug; Says old Suds, I will shave him with razor so notch'd, ..."
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