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Today's Kentish word, taken from our online dictionary is

Gurt
adj. Great. A Dictionary of the Kentish Dialect and Provincialisms (1888). Pg 68.

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A Dictionary of the Kentish Dialect and Provincialisms (1888), pg 4

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Otiose: serving no practical purpose or result.

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It's #WordWednesday! Today's Kentish word: Airey
(adj.) – windy or blustery; a cold, gusty wind. "It be a roight airey day today mairt!"

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Today's Kentish word, taken from our online dictionary is

Creet
kreet. N.

A cradle, or frame-work of wood, placed on a scythe when used to cut corn. A Dictionary of the Kentish Dialect and Provincialisms (1888). Pg 38

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Today's Kentish word, taken from our online dictionary is

chungk. n.
A log of wood.

A Dictionary of the Kentish Dialect and Provincialisms (1888). Pg 30

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Today's Kentish word, taken from our online dictionary is

Amon
ai-mun n. A hop, two steps, and a jump. (see also Half-amon) A Dictionary of the Kentish Dialect and Provincialisms (1888), pg 3

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Today's Kentish word, taken from our online dictionary is

QUID (kwid)

n. The cud. "The old cow's been hem ornary, but she's up again now and chewing her quid."

A Dictionary of the Kentish Dialect and Provincialisms (1888), pg 12

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Today’s Kentish word is Gratten (grat-un), meaning stubble or a stubble field—also known as ersh, eddish, grotten or podder-gratten.

From A Dictionary of the Kentish Dialect (1888).

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Today's Kentish word, taken from our online dictionary is

RACKSENED
raks-nd

adj. Overrun with; given up to. "That oast yonder is racksended with rats."
A Dictionary of the Kentish Dialect and Provincialisms (1888), pg 12

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It's #WordWednesday! Today's Kentish word is "MONEY-PURSE" (pronounced mun-i-pus), meaning a purse. Example: "He brought our Jack a leather cap and Sal a money-puss" from Dick and Sal, stanza 16. Explore more at the Kentish Dialect Dictionary. #research #Kentish #dictionarycorner #historical

Muskification

noun

The process of taking a good thing and making it shit.

"It used to be great, but once the muskification took hold it rapidly turned to shit"

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