| 释义 |
‖ lootie Anglo-Ind.|ˈluːtɪ|
Also 8 louchee, 9 lutee.
[Hindī lūṭī, f. lūṭ loot n.2]
In pl. A term applied, in India, to a body of native irregulars whose chief object in warfare was plunder. In wider sense, a band of marauders or robbers. Also rarely in sing., one of such a band or gang. Hence lootie-wallah [Hindī lūṭīwālā: see wallah], a member of a gang of looties.
1757Orme Hist. Milit. Trans. (1778) II. vii. 129 A body of their Louchees, or plunderers, who are armed with clubs..attacked the houses of the natives. 1782I. Munro Narr. Mil. Operat. Coromandel Coast (1789) 295 Even the rascally Lootywallahs, or Misorian hussars..now pressed upon our flanks and rear. 1791Gentl. Mag. LXI. 77/1 These irregulars of the enemy [in the East Indies], distinguished by the name of Looties, continued their depredations. 1800T. T. Robarts Indian Gloss., Lootywalla, see Looties. 1802C. James Milit. Dict., Lootywallow, Ind., a term of the same import as Looties. 1827Scott Surg. Dau. xii, I will find the dagger of a Lootie which shall reach thee, wert thou sheltered under the folds of the Nawaub's garment. 1876Grant Hist. India I. lv. 279/1. 1884 W. L. Whipple in Bib. Soc. Rec. Sept. 131 (Stanf.) A noted lutee, or rogue. |