In Lancashire, England, the dialectal term sprunny is a synonym for “sweetheart.” This is part of a complete episode.
shuttle-kissing n.—Gloss: Marked “100 Years Ago” in a section head. «Lancashire medical officers are calling attention to the dangers of weavers in the cotton mills contracting infectious diseases from the practice known as...
knebbing n.— «The book tells of how a large crane which became known as the Whittle Cross was used to load and unload the barges and how villagers would scavenge for scraps of coal which fell into the canal during offloading—a practice...