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Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)

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First published 1960 (SND Vol. V).
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Quotation dates: 1908

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HONNEK, n. Also hjonek (Jak.), hionick. A contemptuous name for a small person, esp. a woman, or one of emaciated appearance (Sh. 1866 Edm. Gl., hionick, 1897 Jakobsen Norsk in Sh. 63), a slatternly girl (Sh. 1908 Jak. (1928), ‡Sh. 1957). [′h(j)onək]Sh. 1908 Jak. (1928):
Turned op in (atill) a hjonek, shrunken and emaciated.

[Orig. doubtful. Phs. a dim. form of Sh. Norn honn, O.N. horn, a horn.]

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