Cunisian

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Cunis: a funny sort of name: neither one thing nor the other.

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Cunisian /kjuːˈnɪzɪən/ (n.)
1. Ambivalent; open to suggestion.
2. Something that is neither one thing nor the other (after John Arlott’s observation about New Zealand cricketer Bob Cunis, 1941-2008). Hence: To have “a Bob each way”.

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