List of Cornish dialect words

This is a select list of Cornish dialect words in English—while some of these terms are obsolete others remain in use.

[1][2] Many Cornish dialect words have their origins in the Cornish language and others belong to the West Saxon group of dialects which includes West Country English: consequently words listed may not be exclusive to Cornwall.

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The ruins of Poldice mine, Gwennap
Bal maidens at work, showing traditional dress
The Bettle and Chisel, Delabole
A coffen stile at Tremedda Farm
A "Cousin Jack's" pasty shop in Grass Valley , California
"Dreckly" on souvenir clocks in Cornwall
Wenford Dries
Gorse-covered hillside
A miner's pick
Four women wearing large white bonnets
Bal maidens wearing gooks, 1890
A mounting block at St Buryan
The Huer's Hut overlooking Newquay Bay
A black and white engraving of a woman in 18th century clothing with a bonnet. Fish, a crab, a crustacean and a jug are below
Dolly Pentreath (a fish jowster), in an engraved portrait published in 1781
Linhay at Higher Troswell
Tonkin's Ope, Truro
A Cornish pisky
Stargazy pie
Swaling
Barrett's Zawn on the north Cornish coast