qu'minse

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Etymology

From an Old Northern French variant of Old French chemise, cemise, from Late Latin camisia, from Transalpine Gaulish, of Germanic origin, from Proto-Germanic *hamiþiją.

Noun

qu'minse f (plural qu'minses)

  1. (Guernsey) shirt
    • 1903, Edgar MacCulloch, “Proverbs, Weather Sayings, etc.”, in Guernsey Folk Lore, page 541:
      Il y a terjoûs quiqu'ùn qui a sa qu'minse à sequier.
      There is always some one wanting to dry his shirt.