Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A stout linen cloth, especially a damask linen having a simple diaper pattern, formerly much used for church vestments, altar-hangings, etc.
- noun Linsey-woolsey: in this sense
- noun A pebble or cobblestone; any small fragment of rock.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A coarse sort of damask, originally made at Tournay (in Flemish, Doornick), Belgium, and used for hangings, carpets, etc. Also, a stout figured linen manufactured in Scotland.
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Examples
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"About as fur as from here to that mule there, leanin 'ag'in a tree, sot little Bill Skinner -- what was left of him, I mean, for he was as dead as a dornick.
Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 12, No. 28, July, 1873 Various
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"Yes," observed Thad, with a shrug of his shoulders, "and he meant to drop that big dornick on your head, because you had the gun.
The House Boat Boys George Rathborne 1896
reesetee commented on the word dornick
Probably from Irish dornóg; a stone small enough to throw. (From AWAD)
June 10, 2008
bilby commented on the word dornick
Is lower northern the area where people get half pregnant?
March 19, 2018