spence

substantivoatestado nos diálogos

Canadá

A buttery or pantry.

substantivo

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antiquadoA buttery or pantry.
'I expect it was a dog which got into the spence and licked up the junket and ate the biscuits,' put in the old turf-cutter. 'I would lock and bar the spence-door, if I were you, the next time I put such nice things in there.'

Etimologia

From Middle English spence, spense, borrowed from Middle French despense, from Medieval Latin dīspēnsa, noun use of feminine of Latin dīspēnsus, past participle of dīspendere (“weigh out”).

Formas

plural: spences

spell · Words or a formula supposed to have magical powers.Spell · A surname.spelling · The act, practice, ability, or subject of forming words with…

spence · A buttery or pantry.

Spence · Short form of the male given name Spencer.spencer · A large loose-fitted gaffsail on a square-rigger or barque,…Spencer · An English surname originating as an occupation.

As páginas vizinhas — A ordem alfabética segue as regras da língua, não o valor dos bytes: um acento só desempata entre duas palavras de resto idênticas, e o espanhol trata o Ñ como uma letra à parte.