See Also: Punch(encyclopedia)
Punch 2,(dictionary)
Punch 1,(dictionary)
punch-up(dictionary)
punch(1)(dictionary)
punch(2)(dictionary)
punch(3)(dictionary)
punch(4)(dictionary)
punch(5)(dictionary)
punch(6)(dictionary)

contessa (iou) and punch(4) (iou)


contessa (iou)



contessa noun. Also (esp. in titles) Contessa. E19.
[Italian from medieval Latin comitissa: see COUNTESS.]
An Italian countess.

punch(4) (iou)



punch noun4 & adjective. M17.
[Abbreviation of PUNCHINELLO.]
A. noun.
I.
A short fat person. Now chiefly dial. M17.
In full Suffolk Punch. (An animal of) a breed of heavy draught horse with a thickset body and short legs. E19.
II.
(Punch.) The grotesque hook-nosed humpbacked principal character of Punch and Judy (see below). L17.
pleased as Punch, proud as Punch showing or feeling great pleasure or pride. Punch-and-Judy show a traditional puppet-show in which Punch is shown nagging, beating, and finally killing a succession of characters, including his wife Judy.
b. adjective. Esp. of a horse: short and stout. Now dial. L17.