Sen vs Sken - What's the difference?
sen | sken |
A unit of Japanese currency, worth one hundredth of a yen.
A coin of this value.
* Charles F. C. Ladd, Jr., Around the World at Seventeen (page 70)
(Yorkshire) self
(Northern English) to squint
* 1989 , Marie Joseph, A World Apart , page 344:
* 1861 , , "The Birtle Carter's Tale About Owd Bodle":
to glance
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As a noun sen
is a sign, omen, portent.As a verb sken is
(northern english) to squint.sen
English
Etymology 1
(etyl) .Noun
(en-noun)- Before leaving the Kyndam I had bought in exchange what I thought to be enough yens and sens to see me through.
Etymology 2
Noun
(head)- "Hear all, see all, say nowt. Ate all, sup all, pay nowt. An if ever tha does anythin for nowt, mek sure tha does it for tha sen ."
Derived terms
* missen (myself) * thissen (thyself)Anagrams
* English three-letter words ----sken
English
Verb
(skenn)- She's about seventy and skens like a basket of whelks, but she's as good as any doctor.
- He skens ill enough to crack a lookin'-glass.