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Quaint Expressions from Forgotten Dialects
A crossword exploring rare and charming words from regional dialects around the world, uncovering linguistic gems long buried in local tongue.
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Across
- 1. Exhausted or worn out (Yorkshire dialect)
- 2. To mend or put together hastily (Northern English dialect)
- 3. Very cold, chilled through (Northern English)
- 5. A person who remains aloof or independent, especially from party politics (American dialect)
- 6. Don’t (Scottish/Geordie dialect contraction)
- 10. A large nosy woman or an unpleasant man (Northern English dialect)
- 12. Yeast foam on fermenting liquor used in baking (Northern English)
Down
- 4. A bat (Old English dialectal term)
- 7. To quarrel loudly about petty matters (Cornish dialect)
- 8. Exhausted or slightly unwell (Scots dialect)
- 9. To fish by hooking the nose of a fish (Scottish dialect)
- 11. A smoldering piece of coal or wood (Northumbrian)
- 13. To silently watch someone eating in hope of some food (Scotland)
- 14. To stare at someone intently hoping for food (Scots)
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