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ora(1) (iou) and Essex (iou)


ora(1) (iou)



ora noun1. OE.
[App. from Old Norse aurar pl.; commonly regarded as from Latin aureus golden. Cf. URE noun2.]
Hist.
A Danish monetary unit introduced into England with the Danish invasion. OE.
A unit of weight equal to an ounce. E17.

Essex (iou)



Essex adjective & noun. L16.
[A county in SE England.]
A. adjective.
Essex calf, a calf reared in Essex; contempt. (now rare), a person of that county. L16.
Essex pig, a black pig with a white stripe round the body and white feet, of a kind formerly bred for pork and bacon; US a black pig of a kind bred for pork and bacon. M19.
Essex board, a kind of fibreboard. M20.
Essex man (freq. derog.), a confident, affluent young businessman of the late 1980s, supposedly to be found esp. in London and the south-east of England and characterized as voting Conservative and benefiting from the entrepreneurial wealth created by Thatcherite policies. Also Essex girl, a supposed type of young woman from the same milieu, variously characterized as unintelligent, promiscuous, and materialistic. L20.
b. noun. Pl. same. An Essex pig. L19.