Lanky

lanky English Etymology en Lancashire with en -y<id:familiar>. Proper noun The dialect of English spoken in Lancashire. en 2008-09-04 Stuart Maconie Pies and Prejudice: In search of the North Random House 9780091930301 167 The rest of us , whether we spoke Lanky or Urdu, whether we were born in Karachi or Keighley, could go to hell. en colloquial historical The Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway. en 2009-04-02 Andrew Martin The Blackpool Highflyer Faber & Faber 9780571252237 The Lanky was 'The Business Line' – cotton, wool and coal – but a lot of northern towns now had their own 'wakes' or holiday week, and the Lanky was all for that, because then people wanted to pack up, and they wanted to be off. en 2012-07-01 Kenn Pearce Shed Side in South Lancashire and Cheshire: The Last Days of Steam The History Press 9780750959995 We had an extra pilot [engine] on summer Saturdays for excursion traffic and on this particular day we had a Lanky ' A ' class. Noun ies Someone from Lancashire. en 1878 Henry Mills Alden Harper's New Monthly Magazine 320 It is often observed that Lankies (Lancashire folk), on entering a room, whether in the heat of summer or the cold of winter, invariably rush to the fire-place. en 1884 Benjamin Brierley Tales and Sketches of Lancashire Life 25 I am what a Yorkshireman would call a Lanky, and perhaps as poor a specimen of the cotton county's human produce as ever trounced barefoot through its lanes, or shuddered at the sound of its factory bells. Adjective - From Lancashire or having distinctive Lancashire traits. en 1909 Harry Lindley Merely Players ... 21 Despite several stellar features - amongst others Phelps - he was Lanky, too en 1992 Bill T. Jones Liz Andrew Homo Northwestus: A Quest for the Species, North-West Man : Based on the Granada Television Series with Ray Gosling In any case, Butch spoke the Yankee way, not the Lanky way and, no matter where you look, it's not until the football age of industry and terraces that Homo Northwestus gets heroes. en 2015-10-22 Stewart Binns The Darkness and the Thunder: 1915: The Great War Series Penguin UK 9781405916295 Burnley's deputy mayor, Alderman Keighley, sent them on their way with a brief address, which concluded with a Lanky send-off for Lancashire lads Anagrams en aklny Kylan