单词 | sprauncy |
释义 | sprauncy, a. slang.|ˈsprɔːn(t)sɪ| Also sprauntsy, sproncy. [Of uncertain origin: perh. related to dial. sprouncey cheerful (Eng. Dial. Dict.).] Smart or showy in appearance or sound of voice.
1957L. P. Hartley Hireling xi. 90 She's bought new sprauncy clothes for the children. 1959H. Hobson Mission House Murder viii. 57 That sprauncy Girton voice of hers. 1969Guardian 4 Feb. 7/2 The ‘sprauntsy’ (showy) antique dealers. 1971G. Ewart Gavin Ewart Show i. 21 Two sprauncy birds inhibit the parkway. 1976‘P. B. Yuill’ Hazell & Menacing Jester xiii. 142 They pay sixty grand to live in a sproncy little street like this. |

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