carriwitchetcarwitchetn.

Forms: 1600s carwhichet, carwhitchet, carwichet, corwhichet, 1600s–1800s carwitchet, 1700s carrawitchet, cary-whichit, carry witchet, 1800s carwhichit, carriwitchet.

Etymology: Derivation unknown. Dr. Fitzedward Hall in Mod. Eng. asks ‘can it be a corruption of French colifichet?’Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: carriˈwitchet.

A pun, quibble; a hoaxing question or conundrum.

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the mind > mental capacity > understanding > intelligence, cleverness > wit, wittiness > wit with words > [noun] > play on words, pun > riddle involving pun

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1623 J. Taylor World runnes on Wheeles in Wks. (1630) ii. 234/1 Devices..of planting the Ile of Dogs with whiblins, corwhichets, mushromes and tobacco.

1631 B. Jonson Bartholmew Fayre v. i. 69 in Wks. II All the fowle i' the Fayre, I meane, all the dirt in Smithfield, (that's one of Master Littlewit's Carwhitchets now).

1669 J. Dryden Wild Gallant i. i. 2 A bare clinch will serve the turn; a Carwichet, a Quarterquibble, or a Punn.

a1680 S. Butler Genuine Remains (1759) II. 120 Carwitchets, Clenches and Quibbles.

1726 Learned Diss. Dumpling 16 Connundrums and Carrawitchets;..at which the King laugh'd 'till his Sides crackt.

a1743 R. Savage Author to be Let §4 I..deal in clinches, puns..and carry-which-its.

1822 W. Scott Fortunes of Nigel II. ii. 20 Mortally wounded with a quibble or a carwitchet at the Mermaid.

1874 Hotten's Slang Dict. (rev. ed.) 109 Carriwitchet, a hoaxing, puzzling question..as ‘How far is it from the first of July to London Bridge?’

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	carriwitchet
释义	carriwitchetcarwitchetn. Forms: 1600s carwhichet, carwhitchet, carwichet, corwhichet, 1600s–1800s carwitchet, 1700s carrawitchet, cary-whichit, carry witchet, 1800s carwhichit, carriwitchet. Etymology: Derivation unknown. Dr. Fitzedward Hall in Mod. Eng. asks ‘can it be a corruption of French colifichet?’Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: carriˈwitchet. A pun, quibble; a hoaxing question or conundrum. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > understanding > intelligence, cleverness > wit, wittiness > wit with words > [noun] > play on words, pun > riddle involving pun carriwitchet1623 carwidgeona1627 carawimple1672 conundrum1790 1623 J. Taylor World runnes on Wheeles in Wks. (1630) ii. 234/1 Devices..of planting the Ile of Dogs with whiblins, corwhichets, mushromes and tobacco. 1631 B. Jonson Bartholmew Fayre v. i. 69 in Wks. II All the fowle i' the Fayre, I meane, all the dirt in Smithfield, (that's one of Master Littlewit's Carwhitchets now). 1669 J. Dryden Wild Gallant i. i. 2 A bare clinch will serve the turn; a Carwichet, a Quarterquibble, or a Punn. a1680 S. Butler Genuine Remains (1759) II. 120 Carwitchets, Clenches and Quibbles. 1726 Learned Diss. Dumpling 16 Connundrums and Carrawitchets;..at which the King laugh'd 'till his Sides crackt. a1743 R. Savage Author to be Let §4 I..deal in clinches, puns..and carry-which-its. 1822 W. Scott Fortunes of Nigel II. ii. 20 Mortally wounded with a quibble or a carwitchet at the Mermaid. 1874 Hotten's Slang Dict. (rev. ed.) 109 Carriwitchet, a hoaxing, puzzling question..as ‘How far is it from the first of July to London Bridge?’ This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1623
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