Lexicographical Neighbors of Notchel
Literary usage of Notchel
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Lancashire Legends, Traditions, Pageants, Sports, &c: With an Appendix by John Harland, Thomas Turner Wilkinson (1873)
"notchel CRYING. ON Wednesday (in March 1859), there was, ... of "notchel crying."
The public bellman went round the town announcing that a certain man (an ..."
2. Publications by English Dialect Society (1875)
"Sexton's Story, pn notchel, ... to cry " notchel" is to give notice that a certain
person or persons will not pay the debts of another person. ..."
3. A Glossary of the Lancashire Dialect by John Howard Nodal, George Milner (1875)
"notchel, sb. a warning; to cry " notchel" is to give notice that a certain person
or persons will not pay the debts of another person. ..."
4. Lancashire Legends, Traditions, Pageants, Sports, Etc., with an Appendix by John Harland (1873)
"notchel CRYING. ON Wednesday (in March 1859), there was, ... an extraordinary
instance of the disgraceful practice of " notchel crying. ..."
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