Lexicographical Neighbors of Chunner
Literary usage of Chunner
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Glossary of Words Used in the County of Chester by Robert Holland (1886)
"L. chunner, v. to grumble. Leigh gives a good illustration. A clergyman, asking
an infirm old woman how she was, received as an answer, ..."
2. A Glossary of Words Used in the Dialect of Cheshire by Egerton Leigh (1877)
"A term of reproach. Rascal, cheat, vagabond. L. chunner, T.—To grumble. ...
an infirm old woman how she was, received as an answer, " I goes on chunner, ..."
3. Publications by English Dialect Society (1875)
"No, ye fat chu/es ; I *»*• would your store were heere. first K. Hen. IV., ii.
2, 93. chunner, v. to grumble in a low tone, to murmur. JOHN SCHOLES. ..."
4. A Dictionary of Archaic and Provincial Words, Obsolete Phrases, Proverbs by James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps (1881)
"Also spelt chunner and chunder. CHURCH-ALE. A wake, a feast in commemoration of
the dedication of a church. CHURCH-CLERK. A parish-clerk. East. ..."
5. Dictionary of Obsolete and Provincial English: Containing Words from the by Thomas Wright (1886)
"CHUNTER, chunner, CHUNDER, j e. To complain ; to grumble. CHURCH-ALE, ». A feast
in commemoration of the dedication of a church. CHURCH-CLERK, ». ..."
6. A Dictionary of Archaic and Provincial Words, Obsolete Phrases, Proverbs by James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps (1847)
"Also spelt chunner and chunder. CHURCH-ALE. A wake, a feast in commemoration of
the dedication of a church. CHURCH-CLERK. A parish-clerk. East. ..."
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