Shinkin-ap-Morgan
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English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]A stereotypical Welsh name. From Jenkins ap (“son of”) Morgan. Compare English Taffy.
Noun
[edit]- (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.