单词 | charley |
释义 | CharleyCharlien. 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’.] ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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.) ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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. ΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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). < n.1819 |
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