| 释义 |
† kennedy Obs. slang.|ˈkɛnədɪ|
[Said to be f. the name of a man who was killed by being struck on the head with a poker.]
a. A poker.
b. A blow inflicted by a poker, freq. in the phr. to give (someone) kennedy. Also kennedy v. trans., to strike with a poker.
1823Morning Herald in Spirit of Public Jrnls. for M.DCCC.XXIII (1825) 77 Mr. Davis bore these irregularities as long as he could, but at last..he ventured to tell Mykle that he could bear it no longer! When, what does Mykle do but seize the poker, and threaten to ‘Kennedy him’ (beat him with a poker). 1859Hotten Dict. Slang 55 Kennedy, to strike or kill with a poker. A St Giles' term, so given from a man of that name being killed by a poker. Frequently shortened to Neddy. 1864Athenæum 29 Oct. 559 St Giles's perpetuates the memory of a..man..who was killed by a poker by calling that instrument a kennedy. |