aldermann.

Brit.

/ˈɔːldəmən/,

/ˈɒldəmən/, U.S.

/ˈɔldərmən/,

/ˈɑldərmən/

Inflections: Plural aldermen.

Forms: Middle English aldirman, Middle English aldurman, Middle English allderman, Middle English allderrmann, Middle English auldermen (plural), Middle English halderman, Middle English haldyrman, Middle English–1500s aldreman, Middle English–1500s aldyrman, Middle English– alderman, late Middle English ardirman (perhaps transmission error), late Middle English ardyrman (perhaps transmission error), 1500s alldreman, 1500s altherman, 1500s arderman (perhaps transmission error); Scottish pre-1700 aldirman, pre-1700 aldyrman, pre-1700 altherman, pre-1700 aulderman, pre-1700 1700s– alderman. N.E.D. (1884) also records a form early Middle English aldurmon.

Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: ealdorman n.

Etymology: Originally the same word as ealdorman n. (see that entry for further etymology); in modern use ealdorman n. is usually distinguished in form by historians (see discussion at that entry), resulting in two distinct words in modern English. With the senses below compare post-classical Latin aldermannus (also aldirmannus , aldremannus ) civic official, warden of a guild (frequently from early 12th cent. in British sources), bailiff or beadle of a hundred (from early 12th cent. in British sources) (earlier in sense ‘royal official, nobleman’: see ealdorman n.), Anglo-Norman alderman, aldirman, aldreman, etc. civil officer of a borough, head of a guild, mayor (13th cent. or earlier (apparently earliest glossing Latin consul); < Middle English).Senses 1, 2, and 3 are in origin specific senses of ealdorman n. (in basic sense ‘person in authority over others’; compare ealdorman n. 2). Earlier currency of the English word in these senses is apparently implied by the post-classical Latin evidence. In sense 4, so called on account of the resemblance of the chain of sausages to the office insignia of an alderman; compare quots. 1799, 1954. In sense 5, the large jemmy is so called because it can open any lock and hence is superior to smaller jemmies; compare quot. 1872.

I. A person.

1. The senior judicial person in an English hundred. Cf. High Constable n. at constable n. 5b. Now historical.

ΘΚΠ

society > law > administration of justice > one who administers justice > an officer of the court > [noun] > other officers of specific courts

alderman1275

steward of the manor1303

Queen's (also King's) Proctor?a1425

remembrancer1451

augmentationer1550

associate1552

procurator-fiscal1564

proctor-fiscal1565

chafer1587

custos brevium1589

examiner1594

chafe-wax1607

exceptor1728

procurator general1740

Marshal of the (Court of) Admiralty1769

Pundit of the Supreme Court1827

1275 in W. Illingworth Rotuli Hundredorum (1818) II. 214 Et praeter hoc est ibi [sc. in the hundred of Rotherbridge] quidam bedellus qui vocatur Aldreman.

a1599 E. Spenser View State Ireland in J. Ware Two Hist. Ireland (1633) 107 When I come to appoint the Alderman, that is the head of the Hundreth.

1676 E. Coles Eng. Dict. Justice of the hundred, the Lord or Alderman of the Hundred.

1795 P. Dunvan Anc. & Mod. Hist. Lewes & Brighthelmston 368 There was formerly an alderman belonging to this hundred.

1819 Edinb. Rev. July 26 Nor is there any reason for denying to the Aldermen of the burghs, the rights and rank possessed by the Aldermen of the hundreds.

1839 G. Blaxland Codex Legum Anglicanarum Introd. 42 Superior to these [courts] was the hundred gemote, in which the alderman of the hundred presided, and the scyregemote, or county court.

1908 S. Webb & B. Webb Eng. Local Govt.: Manor & Borough I. i. ii. 60 At Swanborough, one of these ‘Hundreds’,..the ancient Court of the Hundred was held right down to our own day. There attended the Constable and Alderman of the Hundred, the Headboroughs of the Parishes, and one or two dozen jurymen.

2007 R. Zaller Disc. Legitimacy in Early Mod. Eng. iv. 347 In Saxon times, he found, jurisdiction had been shared between the local bishop and the sheriff or alderman of the hundred.

2. The head, master, or warden of a medieval guild or a later trade guild. Now historical.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > social relations > an association, society, or organization > types of association, society, or organization > [noun] > guild of medieval origin > a member > official

steward10..

aldermanc1316

dean of guild1389

master1389

skevin1389

warden1389

searcher1417

quartermaster1556

grand master1615

jurat1714

c1316 in J. T. Smith & L. T. Smith Eng. Gilds (1870) 73 Be ye ordinaunce of ye Alderman and of ye gilde breyeren.

1389 in J. T. Smith & L. T. Smith Eng. Gilds (1870) 55 If ani broyer be ded wit-owten ye toun, ye aldirman xal do ye belleman gon for ye soule.

c1443 R. Pecock Reule of Crysten Religioun (1927) 413 (MED) An aldirman in londoun hadde leefir þat his prentise or seruaunt schulde abide stille in þe schop.

1494 in J. T. Smith & L. T. Smith Eng. Gilds (1870) 188 The Alderman of the seid Gilde shalbe at Seynt Kateryn-is Chapell aforeseid, with all his Bredern.

1572 R. Harrison tr. L. Lavater Of Ghostes i. xvii. 78 It hath bin often obserued in Guilde halles where Aldermen sit, that when one of those Aldermen was at the point of death, there was hearde some ratling about hys seate.

1601 J. Wheeler Treat. Commerce 83 The Alderman of the Steelyarde.

1647 N. Bacon Hist. Disc. Govt. xxxiii. 80 By custome they grew to be Fraternities, or Corporations under one Magistrate or head, whom they called Alderman.

1787 W. Combe Anderson's Hist. Origin Commerce (rev. ed.) I. iii. 132 The head officer thereof was usually called Alderman of the Merchants Guild.

1834 H. Taylor Philip van Artevelde Pt. I ii. vi. 125 On this platform appear Sir Guisebert Grutt, with the aldermen of sundry guilds, and the deans of the several crafts.

1955 W. A. Pantin Eng. Church in Fourteenth Cent. x. 231 He was alderman of the guild of Corpus Christi at Cambridge at the time of the founding of Corpus Christi College there.

2008 M. Gribbin & J. Gribben Flower Hunters iii. 108 His mother, Margaretha, was the daughter of the Alderman of the Guild of Pistol Makers in Jönköping.

3. A civil officer in a borough, city, etc., next in dignity to a mayor; a senior member of the legislature of a municipal council or corporation; (in some countries) a member of the legislature of a city, borough, or ward; a city councillor; (British) the chief officer of a ward in the City of London (a member of the Court of Aldermen and of the City of London Corporation).The position of alderman in England and Wales (outside London) was abolished by the Local Government Acts of 1972 and 1973; they were abolished in the Greater London Council in 1977, and in London boroughs in 1978, and survive only in the City of London. Aldermen in England outside London were generally elected by existing councillors. Some local authorities in England and Wales can currently appoint honorary aldermen, but it is a purely ceremonial position. In the United States and some other countries aldermen (councillors) are directly elected by the popular vote of a ward or city.The corresponding position to alderman in Scotland is bailie n. 2b.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > office > holder of office > magistrate > municipal magistrate > [noun] > alderman

aldermanc1330

fur-man1699

c1330 (?a1300) Arthour & Merlin (Auch.) (1973) l. 5095 Of þat cite [sc. London] þe alderman Ich wiþ his ward cam.

1393 Charter Thomas Dunbar in W. Cramond Rec. Elgin (1903) I. 19 Tyl ye aldirman ye baylis of wre Burgh of Elgyne.

c1405 (c1387–95) G. Chaucer Canterbury Tales Prol. (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 374 Euerych for the wisdom þ^t he kan Was shaply for to been an Alderman [v.r. aldirman, aldurman].

1428 in J. B. Heath Some Acct. Worshipful Company of Grocers (1869) 7 For the fyrste dynner imade in the parlore to oure Aldermen..£5 6. 8.

1444 in J. Stuart Extracts Council Reg. Aberdeen (1844) I. 399 James, be the grace of God kyng of Scottis, to the alderman and balleis of our burgh of Aberden gretyng.

1495 Rolls of Parl.: Henry VII (Electronic ed.) Parl. Oct. 1495 §61. m. 33 And if the same atteynt..happen to remayne untaken..that upon every tales graunted the seid maire and aldermen shall impanell the seid persones.

1568 Order 24 July in Repertory Court of Aldermen (City of London Corporation Records) XVI. f. 383^v One of the Aldermen of this cytty..shall syt every Fryday wekely at eight of the clok in the forenone in the orphanes court.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Richard III (1623) iii. vii. 66 The Maior and Aldermen [1597 Cittizens]..Are come to haue some conference with his Grace.

1667 E. Chamberlayne Present State Great Brit. i. 201 The 26 Aldermen preside over the 26 Wards of the City [of London]. All the Aldermen that have been Lord-Mayors, and the three eldest Aldermen that have not yet arrived to that honourable Estate, are by their Charter Justices of the Peace.

1701 T. Baker Humour of Age i. i. 5 An Alderman once pass'd the Chair is as Honest as if he had never got his Estate by Smuggling, and Extortion.

1784 W. Cowper Sofa 61 Elbows still were wanting; these some say, An alderman of Cripplegate contrived.

1792 N.-Y. Directory 9 Bayard, Nicholas, alderman, Bayard's-lane, Bowery.

1802 S. Smith in Edinb. Rev. 1 22 The worthy dedicatees, the Lord Mayor and Aldermen.

1835 1st Rep. Commissioners Munic. Corporations Eng. & Wales App. iii. 1496 in Parl. Papers (H.C. 116) XXIV. 1 The mayor, aldermen and capital burgesses form the Select Body or common council.

1910 Daily Chron. 16 Mar. 6/6 Lady St. Helier will certainly be spoken of as an ‘alderman’.

1911 C. Mackenzie Passionate Elopement v. 48 Mr. Mayor, preceded by his mace, set the time, and a line of Aldermen carefully ordered their pace to his.

1919 Stevens Point (Wisconsin) Daily Jrnl. 22 Sept. 7/3 The aldermen of the Chicago city council police committee, who have been cherishing a dream of establishing a police college in Chicago.

1975 Mail-Star (Halifax, Nova Scotia) 16 May 29 At the present time Dartmouthians enjoy one alderman per 5,000 citizens and amalgamation will mean one elected official for every 25,000 people.

2002 A. N. Wilson Victorians xli. 577 The mayors and aldermen..the small businessmen, shopkeepers, manufacturers and traders were Gladstone's natural supporters.

2010 New Yorker 8 Mar. 46/2 Chicago politics sank into a racial stalemate known as the Council Wars, which pitted a block of white aldermen against Washington and his supporters.

II. In extended use: a thing.

4. A dish consisting of a turkey with a chain of sausages. slang.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > fowl dishes > [noun]

blancmange1377

bouce Janec1420

sweet-blanchc1430

dumpoke1698

temperade1699

biberot1706

howtowdie1728

alderman?1782

suprême de volaille1822

chicken fixings1837

paprikahendl1839

poule au pot1849

Marengo1861

paprikahuhn1870

Peking duck1874

poule au riz1882

Maryland chicken1888

chicken finger1900

arroz con pollo1901

moo goo gai pan1902

chicken à la King1905

coq au vin1915

chicken burger1933

supreme of chicken1939

cassoulet1940

chicken rice1950

piccata1963

chicken tender1969

turducken1982

Kiev1993

chimaek2012

?1782 G. Parker Humorous Sketches 31 Nick often eat a roast fowl and sausage with me, which in cant, is called an Alderman double slang'd.

1799 City Biogr. 122 He..soon returned with a fine turkey, and a link of pork sausages, which..was the alderman meant by the company to be hung in chains for supper.

1859 W. P. Lennox Pict. Sporting Life I. vi. 169 A turkey, garnished with sausages—technically termed, an alderman hung in chains.

1954 E. Forbes Rainbow on Road 342 Midnight..is the time to pop in ‘alderman in chains’ as we called our turkeys, because of the link sausages over them.

2003 Essex Chron. (Nexis) 10 Dec. 5 Roast turkey, garnished with a garland of sausages, was the ‘Alderman in Chains’, to people in the know.

5. A large jemmy or crowbar. slang. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > burglary > [noun] > instruments used by burglars

tricker1591

mill1607

iron1681

Betty1700

centre-bit1746

rook1788

jemmy1811

roundabout1811

James1819

jimmy1848

stick1848

Jack-in-the-box1850

Jack1862

alderman1872

cane1930

1872 J. Diprose London & London Life xxi. 159 The ‘alderman’..is a ‘head bar’, which would open any safe. The smaller bars were called ‘citizens’.

1883 Standard 14 May 5/8 A complete set of safebreaking tools had been..left behind, including wedges, an ‘alderman’, a jemmy.

1913 J. B. Castieau Reminisc. Detective-Inspector Christie 40 A complete kit of burglar's tools, including skeleton keys of all kinds and a ‘jimmy’ known as alderman in the profession.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	alderman
释义	aldermann. Brit. /ˈɔːldəmən/, /ˈɒldəmən/, U.S. /ˈɔldərmən/, /ˈɑldərmən/ Inflections: Plural aldermen. Forms: Middle English aldirman, Middle English aldurman, Middle English allderman, Middle English allderrmann, Middle English auldermen (plural), Middle English halderman, Middle English haldyrman, Middle English–1500s aldreman, Middle English–1500s aldyrman, Middle English– alderman, late Middle English ardirman (perhaps transmission error), late Middle English ardyrman (perhaps transmission error), 1500s alldreman, 1500s altherman, 1500s arderman (perhaps transmission error); Scottish pre-1700 aldirman, pre-1700 aldyrman, pre-1700 altherman, pre-1700 aulderman, pre-1700 1700s– alderman. N.E.D. (1884) also records a form early Middle English aldurmon. Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: ealdorman n. Etymology: Originally the same word as ealdorman n. (see that entry for further etymology); in modern use ealdorman n. is usually distinguished in form by historians (see discussion at that entry), resulting in two distinct words in modern English. With the senses below compare post-classical Latin aldermannus (also aldirmannus , aldremannus ) civic official, warden of a guild (frequently from early 12th cent. in British sources), bailiff or beadle of a hundred (from early 12th cent. in British sources) (earlier in sense ‘royal official, nobleman’: see ealdorman n.), Anglo-Norman alderman, aldirman, aldreman, etc. civil officer of a borough, head of a guild, mayor (13th cent. or earlier (apparently earliest glossing Latin consul); < Middle English).Senses 1, 2, and 3 are in origin specific senses of ealdorman n. (in basic sense ‘person in authority over others’; compare ealdorman n. 2). Earlier currency of the English word in these senses is apparently implied by the post-classical Latin evidence. In sense 4, so called on account of the resemblance of the chain of sausages to the office insignia of an alderman; compare quots. 1799, 1954. In sense 5, the large jemmy is so called because it can open any lock and hence is superior to smaller jemmies; compare quot. 1872. I. A person. 1. The senior judicial person in an English hundred. Cf. High Constable n. at constable n. 5b. Now historical. ΘΚΠ society > law > administration of justice > one who administers justice > an officer of the court > [noun] > other officers of specific courts alderman1275 steward of the manor1303 Queen's (also King's) Proctor?a1425 remembrancer1451 augmentationer1550 associate1552 procurator-fiscal1564 proctor-fiscal1565 chafer1587 custos brevium1589 examiner1594 chafe-wax1607 exceptor1728 procurator general1740 Marshal of the (Court of) Admiralty1769 Pundit of the Supreme Court1827 1275 in W. Illingworth Rotuli Hundredorum (1818) II. 214 Et praeter hoc est ibi [sc. in the hundred of Rotherbridge] quidam bedellus qui vocatur Aldreman. a1599 E. Spenser View State Ireland in J. Ware Two Hist. Ireland (1633) 107 When I come to appoint the Alderman, that is the head of the Hundreth. 1676 E. Coles Eng. Dict. Justice of the hundred, the Lord or Alderman of the Hundred. 1795 P. Dunvan Anc. & Mod. Hist. Lewes & Brighthelmston 368 There was formerly an alderman belonging to this hundred. 1819 Edinb. Rev. July 26 Nor is there any reason for denying to the Aldermen of the burghs, the rights and rank possessed by the Aldermen of the hundreds. 1839 G. Blaxland Codex Legum Anglicanarum Introd. 42 Superior to these [courts] was the hundred gemote, in which the alderman of the hundred presided, and the scyregemote, or county court. 1908 S. Webb & B. Webb Eng. Local Govt.: Manor & Borough I. i. ii. 60 At Swanborough, one of these ‘Hundreds’,..the ancient Court of the Hundred was held right down to our own day. There attended the Constable and Alderman of the Hundred, the Headboroughs of the Parishes, and one or two dozen jurymen. 2007 R. Zaller Disc. Legitimacy in Early Mod. Eng. iv. 347 In Saxon times, he found, jurisdiction had been shared between the local bishop and the sheriff or alderman of the hundred. 2. The head, master, or warden of a medieval guild or a later trade guild. Now historical. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social relations > an association, society, or organization > types of association, society, or organization > [noun] > guild of medieval origin > a member > official steward10.. aldermanc1316 dean of guild1389 master1389 skevin1389 warden1389 searcher1417 quartermaster1556 grand master1615 jurat1714 c1316 in J. T. Smith & L. T. Smith Eng. Gilds (1870) 73 Be ye ordinaunce of ye Alderman and of ye gilde breyeren. 1389 in J. T. Smith & L. T. Smith Eng. Gilds (1870) 55 If ani broyer be ded wit-owten ye toun, ye aldirman xal do ye belleman gon for ye soule. c1443 R. Pecock Reule of Crysten Religioun (1927) 413 (MED) An aldirman in londoun hadde leefir þat his prentise or seruaunt schulde abide stille in þe schop. 1494 in J. T. Smith & L. T. Smith Eng. Gilds (1870) 188 The Alderman of the seid Gilde shalbe at Seynt Kateryn-is Chapell aforeseid, with all his Bredern. 1572 R. Harrison tr. L. Lavater Of Ghostes i. xvii. 78 It hath bin often obserued in Guilde halles where Aldermen sit, that when one of those Aldermen was at the point of death, there was hearde some ratling about hys seate. 1601 J. Wheeler Treat. Commerce 83 The Alderman of the Steelyarde. 1647 N. Bacon Hist. Disc. Govt. xxxiii. 80 By custome they grew to be Fraternities, or Corporations under one Magistrate or head, whom they called Alderman. 1787 W. Combe Anderson's Hist. Origin Commerce (rev. ed.) I. iii. 132 The head officer thereof was usually called Alderman of the Merchants Guild. 1834 H. Taylor Philip van Artevelde Pt. I ii. vi. 125 On this platform appear Sir Guisebert Grutt, with the aldermen of sundry guilds, and the deans of the several crafts. 1955 W. A. Pantin Eng. Church in Fourteenth Cent. x. 231 He was alderman of the guild of Corpus Christi at Cambridge at the time of the founding of Corpus Christi College there. 2008 M. Gribbin & J. Gribben Flower Hunters iii. 108 His mother, Margaretha, was the daughter of the Alderman of the Guild of Pistol Makers in Jönköping. 3. A civil officer in a borough, city, etc., next in dignity to a mayor; a senior member of the legislature of a municipal council or corporation; (in some countries) a member of the legislature of a city, borough, or ward; a city councillor; (British) the chief officer of a ward in the City of London (a member of the Court of Aldermen and of the City of London Corporation).The position of alderman in England and Wales (outside London) was abolished by the Local Government Acts of 1972 and 1973; they were abolished in the Greater London Council in 1977, and in London boroughs in 1978, and survive only in the City of London. Aldermen in England outside London were generally elected by existing councillors. Some local authorities in England and Wales can currently appoint honorary aldermen, but it is a purely ceremonial position. In the United States and some other countries aldermen (councillors) are directly elected by the popular vote of a ward or city.The corresponding position to alderman in Scotland is bailie n. 2b. ΘΚΠ society > authority > office > holder of office > magistrate > municipal magistrate > [noun] > alderman aldermanc1330 fur-man1699 c1330 (?a1300) Arthour & Merlin (Auch.) (1973) l. 5095 Of þat cite [sc. London] þe alderman Ich wiþ his ward cam. 1393 Charter Thomas Dunbar in W. Cramond Rec. Elgin (1903) I. 19 Tyl ye aldirman ye baylis of wre Burgh of Elgyne. c1405 (c1387–95) G. Chaucer Canterbury Tales Prol. (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 374 Euerych for the wisdom þ^t he kan Was shaply for to been an Alderman [v.r. aldirman, aldurman]. 1428 in J. B. Heath Some Acct. Worshipful Company of Grocers (1869) 7 For the fyrste dynner imade in the parlore to oure Aldermen..£5 6. 8. 1444 in J. Stuart Extracts Council Reg. Aberdeen (1844) I. 399 James, be the grace of God kyng of Scottis, to the alderman and balleis of our burgh of Aberden gretyng. 1495 Rolls of Parl.: Henry VII (Electronic ed.) Parl. Oct. 1495 §61. m. 33 And if the same atteynt..happen to remayne untaken..that upon every tales graunted the seid maire and aldermen shall impanell the seid persones. 1568 Order 24 July in Repertory Court of Aldermen (City of London Corporation Records) XVI. f. 383^v One of the Aldermen of this cytty..shall syt every Fryday wekely at eight of the clok in the forenone in the orphanes court. a1616 W. Shakespeare Richard III (1623) iii. vii. 66 The Maior and Aldermen [1597 Cittizens]..Are come to haue some conference with his Grace. 1667 E. Chamberlayne Present State Great Brit. i. 201 The 26 Aldermen preside over the 26 Wards of the City [of London]. All the Aldermen that have been Lord-Mayors, and the three eldest Aldermen that have not yet arrived to that honourable Estate, are by their Charter Justices of the Peace. 1701 T. Baker Humour of Age i. i. 5 An Alderman once pass'd the Chair is as Honest as if he had never got his Estate by Smuggling, and Extortion. 1784 W. Cowper Sofa 61 Elbows still were wanting; these some say, An alderman of Cripplegate contrived. 1792 N.-Y. Directory 9 Bayard, Nicholas, alderman, Bayard's-lane, Bowery. 1802 S. Smith in Edinb. Rev. 1 22 The worthy dedicatees, the Lord Mayor and Aldermen. 1835 1st Rep. Commissioners Munic. Corporations Eng. & Wales App. iii. 1496 in Parl. Papers (H.C. 116) XXIV. 1 The mayor, aldermen and capital burgesses form the Select Body or common council. 1910 Daily Chron. 16 Mar. 6/6 Lady St. Helier will certainly be spoken of as an ‘alderman’. 1911 C. Mackenzie Passionate Elopement v. 48 Mr. Mayor, preceded by his mace, set the time, and a line of Aldermen carefully ordered their pace to his. 1919 Stevens Point (Wisconsin) Daily Jrnl. 22 Sept. 7/3 The aldermen of the Chicago city council police committee, who have been cherishing a dream of establishing a police college in Chicago. 1975 Mail-Star (Halifax, Nova Scotia) 16 May 29 At the present time Dartmouthians enjoy one alderman per 5,000 citizens and amalgamation will mean one elected official for every 25,000 people. 2002 A. N. Wilson Victorians xli. 577 The mayors and aldermen..the small businessmen, shopkeepers, manufacturers and traders were Gladstone's natural supporters. 2010 New Yorker 8 Mar. 46/2 Chicago politics sank into a racial stalemate known as the Council Wars, which pitted a block of white aldermen against Washington and his supporters. II. In extended use: a thing. 4. A dish consisting of a turkey with a chain of sausages. slang. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > fowl dishes > [noun] blancmange1377 bouce Janec1420 sweet-blanchc1430 dumpoke1698 temperade1699 biberot1706 howtowdie1728 alderman?1782 suprême de volaille1822 chicken fixings1837 paprikahendl1839 poule au pot1849 Marengo1861 paprikahuhn1870 Peking duck1874 poule au riz1882 Maryland chicken1888 chicken finger1900 arroz con pollo1901 moo goo gai pan1902 chicken à la King1905 coq au vin1915 chicken burger1933 supreme of chicken1939 cassoulet1940 chicken rice1950 piccata1963 chicken tender1969 turducken1982 Kiev1993 chimaek2012 ?1782 G. Parker Humorous Sketches 31 Nick often eat a roast fowl and sausage with me, which in cant, is called an Alderman double slang'd. 1799 City Biogr. 122 He..soon returned with a fine turkey, and a link of pork sausages, which..was the alderman meant by the company to be hung in chains for supper. 1859 W. P. Lennox Pict. Sporting Life I. vi. 169 A turkey, garnished with sausages—technically termed, an alderman hung in chains. 1954 E. Forbes Rainbow on Road 342 Midnight..is the time to pop in ‘alderman in chains’ as we called our turkeys, because of the link sausages over them. 2003 Essex Chron. (Nexis) 10 Dec. 5 Roast turkey, garnished with a garland of sausages, was the ‘Alderman in Chains’, to people in the know. 5. A large jemmy or crowbar. slang. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > burglary > [noun] > instruments used by burglars tricker1591 mill1607 iron1681 Betty1700 centre-bit1746 rook1788 jemmy1811 roundabout1811 James1819 jimmy1848 stick1848 Jack-in-the-box1850 Jack1862 alderman1872 cane1930 1872 J. Diprose London & London Life xxi. 159 The ‘alderman’..is a ‘head bar’, which would open any safe. The smaller bars were called ‘citizens’. 1883 Standard 14 May 5/8 A complete set of safebreaking tools had been..left behind, including wedges, an ‘alderman’, a jemmy. 1913 J. B. Castieau Reminisc. Detective-Inspector Christie 40 A complete kit of burglar's tools, including skeleton keys of all kinds and a ‘jimmy’ known as alderman in the profession. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1275
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