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单词 charley
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CharleyCharlien.

/ˈtʃɑːli/
Etymology: a familiar variant of Charles.
colloquial.
1. The name formerly given to a night-watchman.[The origin is unknown: some have conjectured ‘because Charles I in 1640 extended and improved the watch system in the metropolis’.]
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the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > watching or keeping guard > [noun] > one who watches or keeps guard > municipal watchman
wait1418
watchmanc1440
rattle manc1596
rug gowna1625
ruga1627
billman1630
Charley1819
1819 J. H. Vaux New Vocab. Flash Lang. in Memoirs II. 162 Charley, a watchman, Charley-ken, a watch-box.
?1823 in W. Hone Every-day Bk. (1826) I. 1627 No Charlies have they now.
1841 T. Hood Tale of Trumpet iii, in New Monthly Mag. Sept. 164 That other old woman, the parish Charley!
1852 Bentley's Misc. 1 June 620 Oh, those dear old ‘Charlies’ of the Dogberry school!
1856 J. Strang Glasgow & its Clubs 413 Boxing a Charley..was an affair of weekly occurrence.
2. A small triangular beard extending from the under lip, and ending in a point a little below the chin; well-known in the portraits of Charles I and his contemporaries.
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the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > beautification of the person > beautification of the hair > styles of hair > [noun] > styles of beard
goat's beard1440
bodkin-bearda1529
pique-devant1587
crates1592
peak1592
spade-peak1592
beard1598
Cads-beard1598
spade-beard1598
punto beard1633
cathedral beard1635
stiletto1638
T bearda1640
trencher-bearda1668
tile beard1816
imperial beard1832
Charley1833
imperial1835
royale1838
goatee1841
goat1849
Newgate frill1851
Newgate fringe1853
Vandyke beard1894
torpedo beard1899
Vandyke1909
pencil beard1966
1833 T. Hook Widow x, in Love & Pride I. 304 He..wore..a Charley on his under lip.
1834 Gentleman's Mag. Mar. 295/2 With white pantaloons, watch chains and Wellingtons, and a charley at their under lip.
1861 Taylor Antiq. Falkland 43 That square, short man..wearing a moustache and Charlie is William Laud.
3. Applied as a proper name to the fox.
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the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Canidae > [noun] > genus Vulpes > vulpes vulpes (fox)
foxc825
toda1200
Reynardc1400
laurence?a1500
lowrie?a1500
tod lowrie?a1500
fleck1567
pug1812
puggy1827
Charley1857
red fox1875
alopecoid1880
redskin1905
1857 T. Hughes Tom Brown's School Days i. i. 8 A nice little gorse.., where abideth poor Charley.
1859 H. Kingsley Recoll. G. Hamlyn ‘You don't know Charley, I can see,’ said Halbert.
4. plural. A woman's breasts. slang.
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the world > life > the body > external parts of body > trunk > front > breast or breasts (of woman) > [noun]
titOE
breastOE
mammaOE
pysea1400
mamellec1450
dug1530
duckya1533
bag1579
pommela1586
mam1611
Milky Way1622
bubby?1660
udder1702
globea1727
fore-buttock1727
tetty1746
breastwork?1760
diddy1788
snows1803
sweets1817
titty1865
pappy1869
Charleys1874
bub1881
breastiec1900
ninny1909
pair1919
boobs1932
boobya1934
fun bag1938
maraca1940
knockers1941
can1946
mammaries1947
bazooms1955
jug1957
melon1957
bosoms1959
Bristols1961
chichi1961
nork1962
puppies1963
rack1968
knob1970
dingleberry1980
jubblies1991
1874 in Hotten's Slang Dict. (rev. ed.)
1940 ‘H. Green’ Pack my Bag 231 Foxes are known as Charleys and so in some circles are women's breasts. I made some joke about how many people went after Charleys.
1947 D. M. Davin Gorse blooms Pale 200 An Iti bint..with bonzer black eyes and nice charlies.
1957 P. Wildeblood Main Chance 199 Carrying her famous bosom before her like the tray of an usherette, she was disconcerted to hear..a nasal cry of: ‘Coo, look at them charlies!’
5. Army slang. (See quot.)
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society > occupation and work > equipment > receptacle or container > bag > [noun] > carried on back or over shoulder
knapsack1603
snapsack1633
snap-bag1688
haversack1711
pikau1836
nunny bag1842
packsack1851
pack1853
rucksack1853
kiondo1902
backpack1914
Charley1919
Bergan1923
musette1923
daypack1969
daysack1974
1919 War Terms in Athenæum 1 Aug. 695/1 ‘Old Charlie’, the pack—an Old Army phrase now dying out, I think.
1919 War Terms in Athenæum 8 Aug. 727/2 The infantryman's pack was his ‘Charlie’, his haversack was a ‘Young’ or ‘Little Charlie’.
6. A fool, simpleton, esp. a proper, right Charley. slang.
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the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > stupid, foolish, or inadequate person > foolish person, fool > fool, simpleton > [noun]
boinarda1300
daffc1325
goky1377
nicea1393
unwiseman1400
totc1425
alphinc1440
dawc1500
hoddypeak1500
dawpatea1529
hoddypolla1529
noddy1534
kimec1535
coxcomb1542
sheep1542
sheep's head1542
goose1547
dawcock1556
nodgecock1566
peak-goosea1568
hottie tottie?c1570
Tom Towly1582
wittol1588
goose-cap1589
nodgecomb1592
ninny1593
chicken1600
fopdoodle16..
hoddy-noddy1600
hoddy-doddy1601
peagoose1606
fopster1607
nazold1607
nupson1607
wigeon1607
fondrel1613
simpleton1639
pigwidgeon1640
simpletonian1652
Tony1654
nizy1673
Simple Simon?1673
Tom Farthing1674
totty-head1680
cockcomb1684
cod1699
nikin1699
sap-pate1699
simpkin1699
mackninnya1706
gilly-gaupus?1719
noodle1720
sapskull1735
gobbin?1746
Judy1781
zanya1784
spoony1795
sap-head1798
spoon1799
gomerel1814
sap1815
neddy1818
milestone1819
sunket1823
sunketa1825
gawp1825
gawpy1825
gawpus1826
Tomnoddy1826
Sammy1828
tammie norie1828
Tommy1828
gom1834
noodlehead1835
nowmun1854
gum-sucker1855
flat-head1862
peggy1869
noodledum1883
jay1884
toot1888
peanut head1891
simp1903
sappyhead1922
Arkie1927
putz1928
steamer1932
jerk-off1939
drongo1942
galah1945
Charley1946
nong-nong1959
mouth-breather1979
twonk1981
1946 Amer. Speech 21 238/1 Charlie, one [a soldier] who cannot understand orders and so makes foolish mistakes.
1957 Listener 15 Aug. 252/1 The plebeian engineer was a proper Charlie to let himself be roped in for it.
1961 A. Simpson & R. Galton Four Hancock Scripts 15 I felt a right Charlie coming through the customs in this lot.
7. A white man; = Mr Charlie n. at Mr n. Compounds. U.S. Black English slang.
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1965 L. Hairston in J. H. Clarke Harlem 292 They all was beamin' like they had Charley's number; and Charley was settin' there fussin'.
8. U.S. Services' slang. The North Vietnamese and Vietcong; esp. a North Vietnamese or Vietcong soldier.
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society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > soldier by nationality > [noun] > Vietnamese
Charley1965
the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Asia > native or inhabitant of Indo-China > [noun] > Vietnam > parts of
Annamite1709
Tonkinese1726
Annamese1826
Charley1965
Saigonese1967
1965 Newsweek 20 Sept. 26/2 A Ranger captain..shouted: ‘Don't you tell me Charlie [GI slang for Vietcong] isn't hiding here!’..The rubber planter..answered ‘Charlie? Who is Charlie?’ The plantation manager, of course, knew perfectly well who Charlie was.
1966 New Statesman 14 Oct. 549/2 Friendly forces have made contact with Charlie and a fire fight followed.
1967 M. McCarthy Vietnam 9 If he called them ‘Charlie’.., he was either an infatuated civilian, a low-grade primitive in uniform, or a fatuous military mouthpiece.
9. Used as adjective: Afraid, cowardly, esp. in to turn Charlie. slang.
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the mind > emotion > fear > cowardice or pusillanimity > [adjective] > abjectly cowardly
recrayedc1330
recreantc1330
craven?a1400
poor1425
currishc1460
fazart1508
soulless1568
dastardly1576
beastly1584
dastard1595
low-spirited1598
peaking1611
white meata1625
cur-like1627
snivelling1647
cravenly1653
base-mettled1681
niding1755
poltroonish1801
niddering1819
turn-tail1861
turpid1867
cold-footed1944
Charley1954
1954 ‘N. Blake’ Whisper in Gloom ii. xvi. 217 You turn Charlie and we'll do ya.
1958 F. Norman Bang to Rights 61 I was dead charlie and little fairies were having a right game in my guts.

Draft additions October 2001

slang (originally U.S.). Cocaine.
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the world > physical sensation > use of drugs and poison > an intoxicating drug > [noun] > a) narcotic drug(s) > morphine, cocaine, or heroin > cocaine
cocaine1874
coke1908
happy dust1912
candy1925
nose candy1925
gold dust1931
Charley1935
girl1953
blow1971
rock1973
product1983
rock cocaine1984
crack1985
1935 A. J. Pollock Underworld Speaks 20/2 Charley, cocaine (arley-chay).
1951 Life 11 June 119/1 Medina told his wife to sell the ‘Charlie’ (cocaine) for $210 an ounce.
1974 O. Clark Diary 9 July (1998) 26 I did all Jenny's charlie and Keith turned up obviously Mandraxed out.
1992 Face Apr. 46/2 I liked to think I was the king of Camden, making good money, taking loads of charlie and that.
2000 Guardian 11 July ii. 5/3 A young girl's idea of paradise is a couple of wraps of charlie.

Draft additions June 2014

Originally and chiefly U.S. A person, esp. a man. Frequently as a familiar form of address to a (male) stranger. Cf. good-time Charlie n. at good-time adj. Compounds.In quot. 1825 ‘Charley’ is an unnamed cab driver.
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the world > people > person > man > [noun]
churla800
werec900
rinkeOE
wapmanc950
heOE
wyeOE
gomeOE
ledeOE
seggeOE
shalkOE
manOE
carmanlOE
mother bairnc1225
hemea1250
mother sona1250
hind1297
buck1303
mister mana1325
piecec1325
groomc1330
man of mouldc1330
hathela1350
sire1362
malea1382
fellowa1393
guestc1394
sergeant?a1400
tailarda1400
tulka1400
harlotc1405
mother's sona1470
frekea1475
her1488
masculinea1500
gentlemana1513
horse?a1513
mutton?a1513
merchant1549
child1551
dick1553
sorrya1555
knavea1556
dandiprat1556
cove1567
rat1571
manling1573
bird1575
stone-horse1580
loona1586
shaver1592
slave1592
copemate1593
tit1594
dog1597
hima1599
prick1598
dingle-dangle1605
jade1608
dildoa1616
Roger1631
Johnny1648
boy1651
cod1653
cully1676
son of a bitch1697
cull1698
feller1699
chap1704
buff1708
son of a gun1708
buffer1749
codger1750
Mr1753
he-man1758
fella1778
gilla1790
gloak1795
joker1811
gory1819
covey1821
chappie1822
Charley1825
hombre1832
brother-man1839
rooster1840
blokie1841
hoss1843
Joe1846
guy1847
plug1848
chal1851
rye1851
omee1859
bloke1861
guffin1862
gadgie1865
mug1865
kerel1873
stiff1882
snoozer1884
geezer1885
josser1886
dude1895
gazabo1896
jasper1896
prairie dog1897
sport1897
crow-eater1899
papa1903
gink1906
stud1909
scout1912
head1913
beezer1914
jeff1917
pisser1918
bimbo1919
bozo1920
gee1921
mush1936
rye mush1936
basher1942
okie1943
mugger1945
cat1946
ou1949
tess1952
oke1970
bra1974
muzhik1993
1825 N.-Y. Mirror, & Ladies' Literary Gaz. 2 Apr. 287/3 The gentleman left Charley turning over the silver, quite satisfied with his success in making..‘the flats pay for their experience’.
1889 S. F. Denton Incidents Collector's Rambles 142 One of them called out, ‘Hello, Charlie, where you been?’... The waiter..demanded of the bystanders, ‘Do you think I am any relation to them..? I never see them before in my life.’
1919 D. Klein With Chinks viii. 237 ‘What's your name, Charlie?’ he cries.
1959 W. Hall Long & Short & Tall ii. 70 You take a bloke—an ordinary bloke who gets called up... This poor Charlie winds up with a bird.
1981 R. M. Bramson Coping with Difficult People xi. 203 Tomorrow you might well run into the boss's second line of defense, a resounding, ‘Forget it, Charlie!’.
2008 Sydney Morning Herald (Nexis) 2 Aug. (Sport section) 64 The other great part of the Williams saga is that..every Charlie in the game has suddenly morphed into an expert on contract and trade practices law.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online March 2021).
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