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  • 1. Irish English and Newfoundland (colloq. and derogatory). A foolish, ignorant person, esp. a female one; a dunce.

    2. Newfoundland. Any of a number of men, usually dressed in womens' clothes, who participated in a mummers' parade at Christmas. Now hist.

    February 14, 2007

  • MUMMERS?! :-D

    February 14, 2007

  • Also spelled: ownshook, owenshook, eunchuck, oanshick, onshook, oonshik, owenshook.

    January 27, 2009

  • Good grief; is there any way it isn't spelled? ;-)

    January 27, 2009

  • Yes. It is not spelled "buttercup."

    January 27, 2009

  • Well, there's something.

    January 27, 2009