Yola

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Etymology

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A nasal form from Middle English robuck (roe deer) and Middle English schough (forest). Compare also kink (to kick).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ɾɔːbʊŋkˈʃɔːɡ/

Noun

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robunkshough

  1. A stout, stubborn person.

References

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  • Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 65