noun
Meaning 1
Uncle.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic, dialectal
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Standard Lemma guide
nuncle
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noun
Meaning 2
Aunt or uncle; sibling of a parent (regardless of gender).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: anthropology, human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
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verb
Meaning 3
To cheat, deceive.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: England, regional
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History
Etymology
From rebracketing of phrases an uncle, mine uncle, thine uncle, etc. Compare neam and naunt. For the verb, OED suggests an evolution in sense "to claim to be one's uncle" > "to cheat". It compares this derivation with cozen, which it derives from cousin. For the technical anthropological sense, compare nibling.