Geordie
[dʒɔ:di]
Definition
(noun.) the nonstandard dialect of natives of Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
(noun.) a native of Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
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Definition
(n.) A name given by miners to George Stephenson's safety lamp.
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Definition
n. a guinea from the figure of St George upon the back: a safety-lamp for miners invented by George Stephenson: a coal-pitman a collier-boat.
Typist: Montague
Examples
- This came to be known as the Geordie Lamp, to distinguish it from the Davy Lamp that Sir Humphrey Davy was inventing at about the same time. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- All miners were equipped with either the Davy lamp or the Geordie lamp, as the other was called, and the mine fatalities from fire-damp immediately decreased. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
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