单词 | choc |
释义 | chocn. colloquial. 1. A chocolate. Also as a mass noun: chocolate. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > confections or sweetmeats > sweets > [noun] > a sweet > chocolate jessamy-chocolate1697 milk chocolate1723 plain chocolate1737 chocolate drop1764 chocolate cream1851 chocolate1852 chocolate liqueur1864 chocolate button1865 choc1874 chocolate bar1875 choccy1885 langue de chat1897 black chocolate1902 soft centre1902 truffle1902 liqueur chocolate1904 bar1906 bark1910 chocolate coin1910 white chocolate1917 dark chocolate1930 Mars bar1932 Smarties1939 nutty1947 liqueur1965 1874 L. Troubridge Jrnl. 19 Feb. in Life amongst Troubridges (1966) ix. 78 I do adore Menier and Nougat chocolate... It is the only thing, except other sorts of choc. and ices, that I really enjoy eating. 1896 E. Turner Little Larrikin xvii. 201 ‘Give me the chocs.’ He put three of the largest creams in his mouth. 1903 A. Bennett Leonora i. 21 Have a choc? Milly said yes, and Ethel drew a box of bonbons from her pocket. 1922 J. Joyce Ulysses iii. xvi. [Eumaeus] 610 Fond lovers' ways and flowers and chocs. 1938 D. Smith Dear Octopus i. 3 Have a bit of choc? 1966 ‘A. York’ Eliminator v. 94 He comes up to me one day when I was getting after the chocs and says, ‘Rhoda, it's me or them chocolates. Take your pick.’ 2012 Independent on Sunday 29 Apr. (New Review) 3/3 Nevertheless, he bestrides the sitting-room doorknob like a colossus, clutching his plastified roses and a box of chocs. 2. Australian (originally depreciative). In the First World War (1914–18): a soldier in the 8th Infantry Brigade of the Australian Imperial Force, which arrived in Egypt too late to participate in the Gallipoli campaign; = chocolate soldier n. 2a. Now historical and rare. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > soldier of specific force or unit > [noun] spahi1562 legionnaire1595 strelitz1603 Croat1623 deli1667 Croatian1700 lancer1712 highlander1725 lambs1744 royals1762 light-bob1778 fly-slicer1785 Life Guardsman1785 royals?1795 Hottentot1796 yeoman1798 pandour1800 Faugh-a-Ballaghsc1811 forty-two man1816 kilty1842 Zouave1848 bumblerc1850 Inniskilliner1853 blue cap1857 turco1860 Zou-Zou1860 mudlark1878 king's man1883 Johnny1888 Piffer1892 evzone1897 horse gunner1897 dink1906 army ranger1910 grognard1912 Jock1914 chocolate soldier1915 Cook's tourist1915 dinkum1916 Anzaca1918 choc1917 ranger1942 Chindit1943 Desert Rat1944 Green Beret1949 1917 Hurdcott Herald 8 Sept. 43 The ‘chocs’ have more than once played brilliantly in the theatre of war on the Western Front. 1918 R. H. Knyvett ‘Over There’ with Australians 154 We carried off the ‘championship cup’, beating the ‘Chocolates’ by two or three points. We might not have been so elated had not the ‘Chocs.’ been such ‘nuts’ on themselves. 1919 W. H. Downing Digger Dial. 16 Chocs, the 8th Brigade (‘Tivey's Chocolate Soldiers.’ Originally an abusive name; now an honourable appellation). 1944 Advertiser (Adelaide) 28 Jan. 6/3 I hope your article brings a few more of ‘Tivey's Chocs’ to light in Adelaide. Compounds choc bar n. a chocolate bar or choc ice. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > confections or sweetmeats > ices > [noun] > ice-cream > types or forms of pistachio ice?1790 iced tea1827 tutti-frutti1834 brown-bread ice1846 vanilla ice1846 vanille ice1846 Neapolitan ice1867 Neapolitan ice cream1868 hokey-pokey1884 strawberry ice cream1890 choc chip1903 horn1908 Tortoni1911 slider1915 choc bar1919 cone1920 Eskimo pie1921 brick1922 brickette1922 Eskimo1922 choc ice1924 cornet1926 briquette1927 gelato1932 ninety-nine1935 wafer1936 fudgicle1938 ripple1939 tub1939 vanilla1955 double dip1965 1914 Internat. Confectioner Sept. 29 (advt.) Barrels Flexo Choc. Bars..100 to box.] 1919 Lebanon (Indiana) Pioneer 27 Mar. 5/3 (advt.) 35c Choc Bar. Bitter..2 for 36c. 1954 ‘N. Blake’ Whisper in Gloom iii. 43 A voice which reminded him..of a Walls' choc-bar, so cool, sweet and creamy. 2000 Independent 17 Mar. (Friday Review section) 7/5 The Franco-Belgian alliance banned our choc bars from eight out of 15 EU member states. choc ice n. a small bar of ice cream with a thin coating of chocolate. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > confections or sweetmeats > ices > [noun] > ice-cream > types or forms of pistachio ice?1790 iced tea1827 tutti-frutti1834 brown-bread ice1846 vanilla ice1846 vanille ice1846 Neapolitan ice1867 Neapolitan ice cream1868 hokey-pokey1884 strawberry ice cream1890 choc chip1903 horn1908 Tortoni1911 slider1915 choc bar1919 cone1920 Eskimo pie1921 brick1922 brickette1922 Eskimo1922 choc ice1924 cornet1926 briquette1927 gelato1932 ninety-nine1935 wafer1936 fudgicle1938 ripple1939 tub1939 vanilla1955 double dip1965 1924 Times of India 11 Jan. (Indian Engineering Suppl.) 20/3 These ice bricks, bricklets, choc-ices, etc., do not differ in any material way from the ordinary bulk ice cream. 1951 J. B. Priestley Festival at Farbridge iii. i. 431 To eat choc ices With Iphigenia. 1999 A. Wheatle Brixton Rock 150 There were white kids all around him, excited with the thought of tonguing choc-ices and lollies. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1874 |
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