childer
English
editEtymology
editFrom Middle English childer, childre, from Old English ċildra, ċildru.
Pronunciation
edit- IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃɪldə(ɹ)/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Noun
editchilder
- (Ireland, obsolete elsewhere) plural of child
- 1906, Halliwell Sutcliffe, A Benedick in Arcady:
- Parents, I've noticed, have a trick of saying their prayers through their childer on weathersome days.
Noun
editchilder (plural childers)
- (Ireland, Northern England) A child.
- 1839, Abel BYWATER, The Sheffield Dialect. [A Series of Papers in that Dialect, with a Glossary.], page 223:
- As yo ma be quoit shure where there's agret family a childer, a wumman's loik tubbe varra throng ina monin
- 1894, Emily Lawless, Maelcho: A Sixteenth Century Narrative:
- Aye has he, Dan'l Drax, so do ee larn him what cums to they as lets off rebels. He be safter nor turnips, nor boiled turnips, so he be. Was blubberin' while back over yon rebel an'a childer !
- 1899, Frederick R. Smith, Doxie Dent: A Clog-shop Chronicle:
- Ay, a childer's class, tha' knows — a Katty — Katty — Aw dunna know wot they caw'n it.
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editFurther reading
edit- Merriam-Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged Accessed 23 Feb. 2006.
- The O'Byrne Files, "Dublin Slang Dictionary" Accessed 23 Feb. 2006.
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editMiddle English
editNoun
editchilder
- Alternative form of childre
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