Whimsey

A winding engine for a coal mine / A fanciful idea / Caprice

In the black country we say:

Whimsey

This translates to:

A winding engine for a coal mine / A fanciful idea / Caprice

Example Sentence

They used to 'ave a whimsey at the top o' the pit shaft. / That's just another one of 'is daft whimseys.

Description

In the Black Country, a 'whimsey' (or 'ginny-whimsey') was a horse-powered winding engine used at coal mines. More generally, it means a fanciful or capricious idea, a whim.

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Pus, Fairther, Wammel, Sharra, Sharrap, Scrumpin, Cankin, Jiffy, Joobus, Garn, Shed, Yawl, Pail, Bally, Wik, Coost, Forid, Half Ender, Yoewer, Ode, Kay-li, Dock, Tek, Poorly, Bostin, Thaten, Ond, Taters, Dollop, Tek after,