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▪ I. nana1, nanna|ˈnænə|
Also nan-nan.
Forms of address used by a child to a grandmother; occas., a children's nurse.
c1844E. Pepys Diary 8 Oct. in Country Life (1972) 9 Mar. 577/1, I cut Herbert's hand..he only said ‘O, Emy you had better send for Nana.’ Ibid. 25 Dec. 578/1 Mama rung the bell for Nana. 1869C. M. Yonge Release ii. xi. 176 Poor dear Zélie..had been mother's nana. 1899E. E. Cummings Let. 27 Nov. (1969) 3, I am sorry dear Nana but I will be a good boy. 1901Punch 4 Dec. 405/2 Please, Nanna, don't turn on the dark. 1927W. E. Collinson Contemp. Eng. 7 Children still use, as in the nineties, and long before, mummy, daddy, nanny or nanna, nursie. [1928Barrie Peter Pan i. in Plays 18 Nana the nurse..is a Newfoundland dog.] 1954Caribbean Q. III. i. 5 The role of the nana or nurse in preserving folk songs, tales..herb lore is not to be under-estimated. 1958M. Kerr People of Ship Street 48 The granny, or ‘nin’, or ‘nanny’, or ‘nanna’ or ‘gran’ as she is often called. 1959D. Wallace Richard & Lucy xv. 210 A mewling toddler, clutching at her grandmother and weeping if Nan-nan were out of sight for more than a minute. 1959Woman's Own 2 May 9/2 Cliffie..lived with his grandparents... Sometimes he would say..‘I think I must go home today, thank you. Nana is expecting me.’
▪ II. nana2 slang (chiefly Austral.).|ˈnɑːnə|
[Perh. f. banana.]
a. A foolish person, a fool.
b. The head. Also attrib., as in nana haircut (see quot. 1941).
[1894A. B. Paterson ‘Hughey's Dog’ in C. Semmler The World of ‘Banjo’ Paterson (1967) 29 ‘Off his nanny again,’ thought the boss, ‘the sooner he goes the better.’] 1941Baker Dict. Austral. Slang 48 Nana (hair)cut, a utilitarian haircut in which the back of the head is closely shaved. 1965G. McInnes Road to Gundagai ix. 148 Although he was obviously a gent, he was not a ‘tonk’ or a ‘nana’. 1967Coast to Coast 1965–66 35 If you..horror of horrors, had a nana haircut. 1967C. Drummond Death at Furlong Post xiii. 165 It seems if you have a bit of cash it snowballs unless you are a proper 'nana. 1968J. Lock Lady Policeman iv. 41 Do we stand there like a ‘nana’ holding up our hands to stop invisible traffic? 1971TV Times (Austral.) 18 Dec. 19/4 It's only the famous ones who get fired... They're the ones..making..statements like ‘The management is a nana’. 1972M. Farhi Pleasure of your Death iii. 106 The answer, you 'nana. 1974Times 22 Jan. 14/2 A frank admission that he had made a nana of himself. 1974Telegraph (Brisbane) 22 Apr. 2/4 The baby started crying again. I did my nana and I hit him. 1975Australian 8 Feb. 13 ‘We've all learned to laugh at ourselves and our predicament,’ Trevor England said. ‘If we hadn't we'd all be off our nanas.’ |
