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Lemmington vs Lamington - What's the difference?

lemmington | lamington | Alternative forms |

Lamington is a alternative form of lemmington.


Lemmington is often a misspelling of lamington.


Lemmington has no English definition.

As a noun lamington is

a Homburg hat.

lemmington

Not English

Lemmington has no English definition. It may be misspelled.

English words similar to 'lemmington':

lamington, leinamycin

lamington

English

Etymology 1

From . After , who was governor of Queensland from 1896 to 1901 and apparently wore such a hat.1945 , Sidney J. Baker, The Australian Language'', page 200 — ''Lamington . A Homburg hat, as worn by Baron Lamington, Queensland Governor, 1896-1901. (Obsolete.)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (Australia, obsolete) A Homburg hat.

    • Etymology 2

    Uncertain. Although current dictionaries all associate it with the Baron, the earliest publication of this derivation is by John Hepworth in the Nation Review'' of July 1977. An earlier (1966) reference1966 , Sidney J. Baker, ''The Australian Language , second edition, page 86. gives the cake but does not associate it with the Baron, suggesting the theory was not current in the 1960s. Australian National University OzWords May 1999.

    Alternative forms

    * leamington, lemmington

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (chiefly, Australia, and, New Zealand) A small square Australian/New Zealand cake made with sponge cake covered on all sides (including top and bottom) with chocolate and desiccated coconut.
  • * 2000 , Patrick Mullins, Chris Kynaston, The Household Production of Subsistence Goods'', Patrick Nicol Troy (editor), ''A History of European Housing in Australia: The Urban Peasant Thesis Reassessed , page 146,
    • Women were also known for their cooking skills although this was not so much in the provision of meals (which were ‘simple and wholesome’), but in the production of confectionery, ranging from scones, biscuits, sponges, cakes, etc., to such noted Australian and New Zealand delicacies as lamingtons and pavlova.
  • * 2003 , Dawn Marie Schrandt, Just Me Cookin Cakes , page 136,
    • Lamingtons are little sponge cakes coated in chocolate and grated coconut.
  • * 2005 , Pippa Cuthbert, Lindsay Cameron Wilson, Ice Cream! , page 118,
    • Lamingtons are a traditional New Zealand tea-time treat: plain sponge dipped in a chocolate sauce and coated with coconut.
    Related terms
    * lamington drive

    References

    English eponyms