| 释义 |
coppernob colloq.
Also copper-knob.
[f. copper n.1 9 d + nob n.2 1 a.]
A red-haired person.
1880D. W. Barrett Life among Navvies (ed. 2) ii. iii. 49 A man with red hair would be termed a ‘Copper-knob’, or ‘Mahogany top’. 1946J. Irving Royal Navalese 56 Copper⁓nob, someone blessed (or cursed) with red hair. 1959I. & P. Opie Lore & Lang. Schoolchildren ix. 170 ‘Ginger, you're barmy, getcher 'air cut’ has been a greeting to coppernobs ever since it was a catch phrase in the Harry Champion song. |