cunnel

cunnel

English

Noun

cunnel (plural cunnels)

1. Eye dialect spelling of colonel.
   • 1892, Outing, page 444:

     “'Bery well,” ses de Cunnel,  ...

   • 1918, Golfers Magazine, page 61:

     “Well sah, we done de secum hole in six an de Cunnel like to bus' wif excitement cause he ain never done hit befo' in less'n 'leven,—an we done de third in eight cause de Cunnel tuk fouah putts from bout six foot,—-an de fou'th in fouah an Ah  ...

   • 1924, The Fighting Coward

     "Captain Blackie, this is my friend, the notorious Cunnel Blake."