Lexicographical Neighbors of Commoney
Literary usage of Commoney
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Publications by English Dialect Society (1884)
"... a clay marble somewhat despised by the boys; no doubt tho same as the commoney
of Master Bardell. Conny west, adj. sheep's-eyed ; sidelong ; shy, &c.; ..."
2. Transactions of the Philological Society by Philological Society (Great Britain). (1867)
"Cumins, n. the sprouts formed by barley in process of fermentation for malt.
(Isl. teima, germinare. Jamie- son.) commoney, n. the most ..."
3. Slang and Its Analogues Past and Present: A Dictionary, Historical and by John Stephen Farmer, William Ernest Henley (1891)
"A dinner formerly given by Commoners to College after cricket matches. [Commoners
are boys not on the foundation.] commoney, subs, (schoolboys'). ..."
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