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Traditional English :: sook
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sook.html - n.
Austral. & NZ sl.
1 derog. a timid bashful person; a coward or sissy.
2 a hand-reared calf. [E dial. suck, call-word for a calf] |
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English Idioms :: soon
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sook.html - See: AS SOON, FOOL AND HIS MONEY ARE SOON PARTED. |
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English Idioms :: sooner
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sook.html - See: HAD RATHER or HAD SOONER, NO SOONER --- THAN. |
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English Idioms :: sooner or later
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sook.html - {adv. phr.} At some unknown time in the future; sometime. * /John will come back sooner or later./ * /Grandpa is very slow about fixing things around the house, but he always does it sooner or later./ Compare: OR OTHER. |
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Traditional English :: sook
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sook.html - n.
Austral. & NZ sl.
1 derog. a timid bashful person; a coward or sissy.
2 a hand-reared calf. [E dial. suck, call-word for a calf] |
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Traditional English :: sool
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sook.html - v.tr. Austral. & NZ sl. 1 (of a dog) attack or worry (an animal). 2 (often foll. by on) urge or goad. sooler n. [var. of 17th-c. (now dial.) sowl seize roughly, of unkn. orig.] |
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