| 释义 |
raddie, n. local slang (now somewhat derog.).|ˈrædɪ|
[Perh. shortening of radical n., with reference to the political views of Italian exiles in the 19th cent.]
A Londoner of Italian descent.
1938F. D. Sharpe Sharpe of Flying Squad xix. 209 Then one asked: ‘Are there any ‘Raddies’ here?’ (Raddies means Italians.) They forced their way into a clubroom where they found an unfortunate ‘Raddie’. 1981P. Inchbald Tondo for Short iv. 46 Don't kid yourself, Franco; you're not Florentine, you're a bleeding raddie. Nine-tenths cockney. Ibid. viii. 90 ‘What's raddie?’ asked little Gracie... ‘People like us, pussycat. London Italians, Italian Londoners... It's rude. Like coon or wog.’ 1982― Sweet Short Grass xii. 98 A middle-aged raddie copper. 1985Daily Tel. 30 May 18/3 Many thousands of Italian refugees came to settle in England (mostly in Holborn), where their descendants are still known as the ‘raddis’, for ‘radicals’. |