funniment (funiment)

[Irreg. A wealthy hatter of slight acquaintance, meeting me at a "Mansion House" ball, said: "Hulloa! Mr. G, what are you doing here? Are you going to give us any of your little funniments-eh?" "No," I replied. "Are you going to sell any of your hats?" New York Times, Aug. 27, 1888. never told me of his marriage. [Colloq.] You must have thought it funny we didn't send for you? Harper's Mag., LXXVI. 190. 1. Comical , Laughable , etc. See ludicrous . funny2 (fun'i), n.; pl. funnies (-iz). [Origin obscure.] A light clinker-built pleasure-boat, with a pair of sculls. It is long and narrow, and is used for racing. Hamersly. "We all us gives 'em a little gamber, Sir," said a Cambridge boat builder to me, in 1844, when I complained that a funny he was making was not on a straight keel. F. J. Furnivall (Booke of Precedence, E. E. T. S., [1. 42, note). funny-bone (fun'i-bon), n. The place at the elbow where the ulnar nerve pa es by the internal condyle of the humerus. The nerve is here superficial and comparatively unprotected, and a blow upon it gives rise to a tingling sensation on the ulnar side of the hand. Also called crazy - bone . [Colloq.] He can not be complete in aught Who is not humorously prone; A man without a merry thought Can hardly have a funny - bone . Locker , An Old Muff. funny-man (fun'i-man), n.; pl. funny- men (-men). The clown in a circus or similar show. [Colloq.] You'll see on it what I've earn'd as clown, or the funny man , with a party of acrobats. Mayhew , London Labour and the London Poor, III. 129.