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Definition of Jannock
1. Adjective. (British) (''Northern dialect'') pleasant; outspoken; honest; genuine; straightforward; generous. ¹
2. Noun. (British) (''Northern dialect'') A small oatmeal loaf ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Jannock
1. oaten bread [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Jannock
Literary usage of Jannock
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Life and Times of Samuel Crompton: Inventor of the Spinning Machine by Gilbert James French, Robert Cole (1860)
"... one staple article of food being oatmeal, which, either cooked as porridge or
baked into that very questionable quality of bread called jannock (a term ..."
2. The life and times of Samuel Crompton, inventor of the spinning machine by Gilbert James French (1859)
"... one staple article of food being oatmeal, which, either cooked as porridge or
baked into that very questionable quality of bread called jannock (a term ..."
3. Papers of the Manchester Literary Club by Manchester Literary Club (1878)
"I mean "jannock." No man in this county can have a higher testimonial than to
... The application of the word "jannock" to sterling worth bespeaks the high ..."
4. Publications by English Dialect Society (1882)
"Jagger-horse, [jaag-ur-aoh'-s] sb. a pack-horse. jannock ... jannock, [jaan-uk]
adj. used negatively only ; nut jannock, ie not as it ought to be. ..."
5. Transactions of the Philological Society by Philological Society (Great Britain). (1867)
"jannock, n. bread made of rye and oatmeal. Jar, vi to squabble. "They did nout
buttar. ... jannock is thus the Northumb. form of E. even, AS efen. ..."
6. Glossary of Words in Use in Cornwall by Margaret Ann Courtney, Thomas Quiller Couch (1880)
"That's not jannock ' ='That's not fair.' jannock, sb. Ray says this word means '
oat-bread made into large loaves.' I have met with one aged man, ..."
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