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nip curn

/ kɜːn /

noun

  1. dialect.
    a tightfisted woman
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of nip curn1

from nip 1(to bite) and curn currant; the allusion being that the currant is divided in two to make it go further

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