yure
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Etymology 1 edit
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yure
Etymology 2 edit
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yure (uncountable)
- (Yorkshire, Lancashire) hair
- 1862, Edwin Waugh, Home-Life of the Lancashire Factory Folk during the Cotton Famine[3]:
- Aw know'd him when his yure stickt out at top ov his hat; and his shurt would ha' hanged eawt beheend, too,--like a Wigan lantron,--iv he'd had a shurt.
- 1898, John Hartley, Yorkshire Lyrics[4]:
- Her skin wor all a deep blue black, / Her yure, a dark braan red.
Etymology 3 edit
From Middle English ȝowre, from Old Norse júr, júgr (“udder”), from Proto-Germanic *eudarą, *ūdarą. More at udder.
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yure (plural yures)
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Determiner edit
yure
- Alternative form of your