Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A guinea: so called from the figure of St. George on the obverse.
- noun The name given by the coal-miners of England to the form of safety-lamp invented by George Stephenson.
- noun An English sailing collier hailing from one of the ports on the northeast coast of England.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A name given by miners to
George Stephenson's safety lamp.
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- proper noun
Dialect /colloquial form ofEnglish spoken by Geordies, people from Tyneside. - proper noun A
diminutive of the malegiven name George . - noun obsolete A
guinea . - noun Someone from
Tyneside . - noun mining, dated A kind of
safety lamp invented by George Stephenson. - adjective Related to or characteristic of Geordies or
Newcastle upon Tyne .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a native of Newcastle-upon-Tyne
- noun the nonstandard dialect of natives of Newcastle-upon-Tyne
Etymologies
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Examples
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Even Geordie is convinced that he will go down after this, the third breach of his ASBO and a ‘bang to rights’ £300 theft from Boots.
Waterloo Sunset « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2007
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Geordie is eventually nicked elsewhere after he runs through the CCTV covered area of town.
Waterloo Sunset « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2007
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Software in Cockney, Geordie or Brummie would be a good start.
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This makes the father angrier and he calls Geordie a lassie, a greetin 'lassie.
A Dominie in Doubt Alexander Sutherland Neill 1928
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Meanwhile, Here is a pretty tune for "Geordie"--though the version attached to this tune is much shorter and ends badly.
water song asakiyume 2008
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Your aunt last autumn saw the dog on the top of the wall that surrounds the mausoleum, jumping up and down and growling dreadfully, and last night our stableman -- "Geordie" -- a disabled pitman, was chivvied by him across the park from close beside the mausoleum.
Border Ghost Stories Howard Pease
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And the local accent moves in and out of Scottish dialects and the so-called Geordie accent of northeast England.
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All she could do now for this dear brother was to call Geordie to her side and put him in his care; taking what consolation she could from his assurance that "he would keep him out at sea until the search was cold, and if followed carry him into some of the dangerous 'races' between the islands."
Winter Evening Tales Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr 1875
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David, being called, explained that he was a leal lad called Geordie, whom he had seen in
Two Penniless Princesses Charlotte Mary Yonge 1862
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Dalglish has been nurtured Carroll's dreams before, the Scot managing Newcastle United when the Geordie was a season-ticket holder in the Milburn Stand.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2011
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