down Southadv.adj.

Brit.

/ˌdaʊn ˈsaʊθ/, U.S.

/ˌdaʊn ˈsaʊθ/

Forms:

α. see down adv. and south adv., adj., n., and prep.

β. in sense A. 4 1900s– darn Sarf, 1900s– dahn Sarf, 1900s– dahn Sarf.

Etymology: < down adv. + south adv.In β. forms in sense A. 4 representing pronunciation of the word in regional (London and south-eastern) speech.

A. adv.

1. gen. In, into, or towards the south of a country or region.

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1722 D. Coxe Descr. Carolana iii. 32 They..found deep Water; but afterwards it Shoaling, they came down South, and doubled the Cape, where the most Easterly of the Three great Branches of the Meschacebe enter'd the Sea.

1727 Daily Jrnl. 3 Jan. This day came down South, Captain Norman, for Naples.

1842 S. Austral. Register (Adelaide) 22 Oct. Down south, we used to have the post from Adelaide once a week; and we indulged the reasonable, hope, that if any alterations were made, we should get it twice a week.

1893 F. W. L. Adams Australians 36 Every one over-works, trying to do as much under this devouring sun as they would do ‘down south’ or in chill and foggy England.

1973 Irish Times 24 Jan. 18/2 Lugano, down south, is lush and sunny, gay and beautiful with wonderful coach trips available.

2018 Herald Sun (Austral.) (Nexis) 17 Jan. (Hit section) 32 He made it to Sydney, Cairns, Port Douglas and out to the Great Barrier Reef with his wife and two sons, but not down to Melbourne: the boys didn't fancy the winter temperatures down south.

2. U.S. In or into the Southern states of the United States.

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1812 Centinel (Gettysburg, Pa.) 12 Sept. The propensity of our eastern Yankee for a certain vegetable is thus waggishly discoursed upon by some chap ‘down south among the rice fields’.

1834 C. A. Davis Lett. J. Downing, Major ii. 25 Though I tell'd 'em down south my father was an Irishman,..I am as clear a Yankee..as the Major itself.

1860 D. D. Emmett I wish I was in Dixie's Land (sheet music) A-way, A-way, A-way down south in Dix-ie.

1862 ‘E. Kirke’ Among Pines i. 12 Old Abe he'se gwine to come down Souf.

1884 ‘M. Twain’ Adventures Huckleberry Finn xxxiii. 286 There was plenty other farmer-preachers like that,..down South.

1905 A. H. Rice Sandy 23 I lived down South, clean off the track of ever' thing.

1960 Capital Times (Madison, Wisconsin) 8 Dec. 41/2 If I could do anything, I'd like to travel down South for a week.

2016 D. Bowers & S. Bowers Useful Bk. 29/3 Down South, the mixture of iced tea with lemonade in equal proportions is called a Half and Half.

3. New Zealand. In or into the South Island or its southernmost provinces, Otago and Southland.

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1854 Nelson Examiner & N.Z. Chron. 4 Oct. 4/1 The Auckland folks hate Wellington, so do Canterbury and Otago; and, as the head-quarters must come down South, Auckland will succumb.

1864 Geelong (Austral.) Advertiser 20 Feb. We are in the position of not knowing what is going on ‘down south’, in consequence of the break-down of the intercolonial telegraph.

1873 A. Trollope Austral. & N.Z. II. xxvi. 444 ‘A railway for you gentlemen down south!’ says a northern member. ‘Certainly,—but on condition that we have one here, up north.’

1949 P. Newton High Country Days vii. 69 Lofty, in happy mood, and unfailing in his praise of his native province [sc. Southland], delighted young Wallace with tall stories of ‘down south’.

1988 G. Somerset Sunshine & Shadow 13 Aunt Amy would spend her Christmas holidays either ‘up North’ or ‘down South’.

2018 Dominion Post (Wellington, N.Z.) (Nexis) 22 Jan. (Racing section) 7 Both races he was in down south were abandoned, so he didn't have the race work in him we were hoping.

4. British. In or into the south of England.

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1856 Manch. Weekly Examiner & Times 24 May 4/5 The existence of Manchester and the ‘Manchester School’, even yet occasionally interferes with the digestion of landed octogenarians ‘down south’.

1874 Sporting Gaz. 12 Dec. 10/1 The going will..be very different to what many of our flashy speedy flat racers down south are accustomed, and..will puzzle those accustomed to our too easy south of London country.

1910 Daily Mail 21 Sept. 4/4 Some persons, persons who live down south, have a way of speaking of ‘fustian’ as contrasted with ‘broad-cloth’, and under fustian they include wage-workers generally and under broad-cloth all the rest of us.

1997 Guardian 6 Sept. c57/3 Recently relocated Darn Sarf, he's now gigging more regularly in London.

2003 New Statesman (Nexis) 12 May When my dad comes down south, he sometimes gives me a jolt by saying to my sons..‘Frame yourself!’, meaning ‘Get your act together!’

B. adj.

U.S. Belonging to or characteristic of the Southern states of the United States.

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1843 Era 20 Aug. 2/2 The Virginia Minstrels have been rather attractive; their personation of the real down-south..negroes, with their dancing, singing, and banjo playing, prove highly attractive.

1903 Titonka (Iowa) Topic 4 June Free dinners and a general old down south hospitality prevailed.

1923 High Point (N. Carolina) Enterprise 10 Aug. 15/3 The best hits are..‘Mistreated Blues’, ‘Chirpin' Blues’, ‘Triflin' Blues’, ‘Down South Blues’, [etc.].

1963 N.Y. Times 1 Dec. 42 This winter for your Down-South vacation fly Eastern.

2000 A. Rampersad in A. M. Weaver Multitudes p. xvi These are ‘ordinary’ African-American lives, forged by the down-South legacy of slavery and Jim Crow brutality.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	down south
释义	down Southadv.adj. Brit. /ˌdaʊn ˈsaʊθ/, U.S. /ˌdaʊn ˈsaʊθ/ Forms: α. see down adv. and south adv., adj., n., and prep. β. in sense A. 4 1900s– darn Sarf, 1900s– dahn Sarf, 1900s– dahn Sarf. Etymology: < down adv. + south adv.In β. forms in sense A. 4 representing pronunciation of the word in regional (London and south-eastern) speech. A. adv. 1. gen. In, into, or towards the south of a country or region. ΚΠ 1722 D. Coxe Descr. Carolana iii. 32 They..found deep Water; but afterwards it Shoaling, they came down South, and doubled the Cape, where the most Easterly of the Three great Branches of the Meschacebe enter'd the Sea. 1727 Daily Jrnl. 3 Jan. This day came down South, Captain Norman, for Naples. 1842 S. Austral. Register (Adelaide) 22 Oct. Down south, we used to have the post from Adelaide once a week; and we indulged the reasonable, hope, that if any alterations were made, we should get it twice a week. 1893 F. W. L. Adams Australians 36 Every one over-works, trying to do as much under this devouring sun as they would do ‘down south’ or in chill and foggy England. 1973 Irish Times 24 Jan. 18/2 Lugano, down south, is lush and sunny, gay and beautiful with wonderful coach trips available. 2018 Herald Sun (Austral.) (Nexis) 17 Jan. (Hit section) 32 He made it to Sydney, Cairns, Port Douglas and out to the Great Barrier Reef with his wife and two sons, but not down to Melbourne: the boys didn't fancy the winter temperatures down south. 2. U.S. In or into the Southern states of the United States. ΚΠ 1812 Centinel (Gettysburg, Pa.) 12 Sept. The propensity of our eastern Yankee for a certain vegetable is thus waggishly discoursed upon by some chap ‘down south among the rice fields’. 1834 C. A. Davis Lett. J. Downing, Major ii. 25 Though I tell'd 'em down south my father was an Irishman,..I am as clear a Yankee..as the Major itself. 1860 D. D. Emmett I wish I was in Dixie's Land (sheet music) A-way, A-way, A-way down south in Dix-ie. 1862 ‘E. Kirke’ Among Pines i. 12 Old Abe he'se gwine to come down Souf. 1884 ‘M. Twain’ Adventures Huckleberry Finn xxxiii. 286 There was plenty other farmer-preachers like that,..down South. 1905 A. H. Rice Sandy 23 I lived down South, clean off the track of ever' thing. 1960 Capital Times (Madison, Wisconsin) 8 Dec. 41/2 If I could do anything, I'd like to travel down South for a week. 2016 D. Bowers & S. Bowers Useful Bk. 29/3 Down South, the mixture of iced tea with lemonade in equal proportions is called a Half and Half. 3. New Zealand. In or into the South Island or its southernmost provinces, Otago and Southland. ΚΠ 1854 Nelson Examiner & N.Z. Chron. 4 Oct. 4/1 The Auckland folks hate Wellington, so do Canterbury and Otago; and, as the head-quarters must come down South, Auckland will succumb. 1864 Geelong (Austral.) Advertiser 20 Feb. We are in the position of not knowing what is going on ‘down south’, in consequence of the break-down of the intercolonial telegraph. 1873 A. Trollope Austral. & N.Z. II. xxvi. 444 ‘A railway for you gentlemen down south!’ says a northern member. ‘Certainly,—but on condition that we have one here, up north.’ 1949 P. Newton High Country Days vii. 69 Lofty, in happy mood, and unfailing in his praise of his native province [sc. Southland], delighted young Wallace with tall stories of ‘down south’. 1988 G. Somerset Sunshine & Shadow 13 Aunt Amy would spend her Christmas holidays either ‘up North’ or ‘down South’. 2018 Dominion Post (Wellington, N.Z.) (Nexis) 22 Jan. (Racing section) 7 Both races he was in down south were abandoned, so he didn't have the race work in him we were hoping. 4. British. In or into the south of England. ΚΠ 1856 Manch. Weekly Examiner & Times 24 May 4/5 The existence of Manchester and the ‘Manchester School’, even yet occasionally interferes with the digestion of landed octogenarians ‘down south’. 1874 Sporting Gaz. 12 Dec. 10/1 The going will..be very different to what many of our flashy speedy flat racers down south are accustomed, and..will puzzle those accustomed to our too easy south of London country. 1910 Daily Mail 21 Sept. 4/4 Some persons, persons who live down south, have a way of speaking of ‘fustian’ as contrasted with ‘broad-cloth’, and under fustian they include wage-workers generally and under broad-cloth all the rest of us. 1997 Guardian 6 Sept. c57/3 Recently relocated Darn Sarf, he's now gigging more regularly in London. 2003 New Statesman (Nexis) 12 May When my dad comes down south, he sometimes gives me a jolt by saying to my sons..‘Frame yourself!’, meaning ‘Get your act together!’ B. adj. U.S. Belonging to or characteristic of the Southern states of the United States. ΚΠ 1843 Era 20 Aug. 2/2 The Virginia Minstrels have been rather attractive; their personation of the real down-south..negroes, with their dancing, singing, and banjo playing, prove highly attractive. 1903 Titonka (Iowa) Topic 4 June Free dinners and a general old down south hospitality prevailed. 1923 High Point (N. Carolina) Enterprise 10 Aug. 15/3 The best hits are..‘Mistreated Blues’, ‘Chirpin' Blues’, ‘Triflin' Blues’, ‘Down South Blues’, [etc.]. 1963 N.Y. Times 1 Dec. 42 This winter for your Down-South vacation fly Eastern. 2000 A. Rampersad in A. M. Weaver Multitudes p. xvi These are ‘ordinary’ African-American lives, forged by the down-South legacy of slavery and Jim Crow brutality. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adv.adj.1722
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