marrowsky

English

Etymology

First attested in 1859 and most likely derived from Polish Morawski. Generally thought to be named after a Polish nobleman active in London a couple of decades before the word's first attestation who suffered from accidental sound transpositions (possibly Józef Boruwłaski).^[1]

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Noun

marrowsky (plural marrowskies)

(rare, chiefly UK) Spoonerism.

References

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2017, Pascal Tréguer, “the history of ‘marrowsky’ (interchange of sounds)”, in wordhistories.net‎^[1]:

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2017, Pascal Tréguer, “the history of ‘marrowsky’ (interchange of sounds)”, in wordhistories.net‎^[1]:

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