Shinkin-ap-Morgan

English

Alternative forms

• Shinkin, Shinkin ap Powel, Shon Ap Morgan, Shone ap Shinkin, Shonny ap Morgan

Etymology

A stereotypical Welsh name. From Jenkins ap (“son of”) Morgan. Compare English Taffy.

Noun

Shinkin-ap-Morgan

1. (obsolete) A nickname for a Welshman.
   • c. 1660–1663, “A Begger I'll Be”, in Farmer, John Stephen, editor, Musa Pedestris‎^[1], published 1896, page 29:

     With Shinkin-ap-Morgan, with Blue-cap, or Teague, / We into no Covenant enter, nor League.