Shinkin-ap-Morgan

noun

A nickname for a Welshman.

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Meanings

noun

alternative Shinkin · alternative Shinkin ap Powel · alternative Shon Ap Morgan · alternative Shone ap Shinkin · alternative Shonny ap Morgan

  1. obsoleteA nickname for a Welshman.

    With Shinkin-ap-Morgan, with Blue-cap, or Teague, / We into no Covenant enter, nor League.

    c. 1660–1663, “A Begger I'll Be”, in Farmer, John Stephen, editor, Musa Pedestris, published 1896, page 29

Origin

A stereotypical Welsh name. From Jenkins ap (“son of”) Morgan. Compare English Taffy.

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