单词 | all-timer |
释义 | all-timern. Chiefly U.S. 1. A full-time student, worker, etc.; = full-timer n. Now rare. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to conditions > [noun] > one who works at specific time or hours night worker1601 daysman?1614 nightman1620 dayworker1802 dayman1821 full-timer1839 whole-timer1840 all-night man1861 part-timer1886 all-timer1891 over-timer1910 Saturdayite1932 nine-to-fiver1945 1891 34th Rep. for 1890 of Inspector Reformatory & Industr. Schools 184 in Parl. Papers 1890–1 (C. 6477) XLIV. 26 The boys' occupations on the day of inspection were as follows:..28 in house and kitchen..and 15 all-timers in school. 1914 Life Insurance Independent Jan. 18/1 This latter remark will probably explain the reason why more part-time men do not become all timers. 1937 Amer. Legion Mag. July 51/2 I want to speak this word for the old-timers and all-timers who..will be right in there wheelhorsing..for the new Commander. 2. Sport (originally and chiefly Baseball). A sportsperson who has achieved an unsurpassed or unequalled record during their career or who is otherwise considered memorable for some accomplishment. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > player or sportsperson > [noun] > other players server1585 free agent1649 benchwarmer1662 puncher1681 sticker1779 hard hitter1790 hitter1813 go-devil1835 beneficiaire1841 colt1846 heavyweight1857 stayer1862 left-hander1864 attack1869 cap1879 international1882 roadman1886 big leaguer1887 homester1887 sand lotter1887 badger1890 internationalist1892 repeater1893 anchorman1895 grandstander1896 stylist1897 homebrew1903 letterman1905 toss-loser1906 fouler1908 rookie1908 mudder1912 sharpshooter1912 pro-amateur1919 receiver1919 southpaw1925 freestyler1927 hotshot1927 active1931 all-timer1936 iceman1936 wild card1940 scrambler1954 rounder1955 franchise1957 call-up1960 trialist1960 non-import1964 sandbagger1965 rebel1982 wide-body1986 1936 S. B. Frank Jew in Sports v. 82 (heading) Kling—All-Timer. 1969 T. Williams & J. Underwood My Turn at Bat i. 41 ‘Kid..don't let anybody change you.’ Wasn't that a nice thing for an all-timer to tell a young kid? 1980 Baseball Digest July 72/2 The Dodger all-timer was a mouse of a shortstop at 5–10 and 160 pounds. 2011 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 25 Dec. mm30 Beating Lyle is one of his [sc. Foreman's] most important credentials as an all-timer. 3. An outstanding or classic example of its kind; something considered to have enduring value, significance, or popularity.In quot. 1943 in the context of the radio programme Your All-time Hit Parade. ΚΠ 1943 Billboard 27 Feb. 9/1 Marie Green was given a venerable all-timer, I Got That Old Feeling.., for her introductory shot and warbled it well. 1968 L. R. Arnold High on Wild with Hemingway ix. 219 The Model 12 is a pretty gun—one of the all-timers—but that gun, on the whole, was just plain damned ugly. 1996 USA Today (Nexis) 5 Apr. 3 d Ullmann's performance is an all-timer but somehow missed an Oscar nomination. 2011 R. Bienstock Aerosmith iv. 56 Perry's riffs are all-timers in ‘Walk This Way’ and ‘Sweet Emotion’. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1891 |
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