单词 | dudder |
释义 | duddern. slang. Now historical and rare. A dishonest trader or pedlar, esp. of clothes or handkerchiefs; spec. one who dupes others into buying inferior goods for a high price. Cf. dud n.1 1, duffer n.1 1. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > trader > [noun] > unfair or dishonest shop thief1613 dudder1746 scowbanker1750 1746 Whitehall Evening-post 11–13 Dec. One James Bell, a Dudder, went to a very eminent Grocer..and offered a Sample of Spices to Sale, pretending he was just come from Abroad. 1753 Discov. J. Poulter (ed. 2) 39 I am a Locker, and Dudder..; I leave Goods at a House, and borrow Money on them, pretending they are Run Goods, Goods made in London. 1781 G. Parker View Society & Manners II. i. 160 A Dudder happened some time ago to meet a Countryman in a dark lane, and sold him a waistcoat-piece for two guineas and a half, which stood himself in only four and sixpence. 1873 C. W. Bardsley Our Eng. Surnames iv. 264 He who sold such cheap, flashy goods at a fair, any old fripperer in truth, was styled a ‘dudder’ up to comparatively recent times. 1939 J. Joyce Finnegans Wake iii. 540 Gaingangers and dudder wagoners, pullars off societies and pushers on rothmere's homes. 1972 Telegraph (Brisbane) 30 Aug. 24/6 The operators were known as dudders and professional shoddy-droppers. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). dudderv. In later use chiefly English regional (East Anglian). intransitive. To shudder, shiver. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in specific manner > alternating or reciprocating motion > oscillation > vibration > vibrate [verb (intransitive)] > tremble or quiver > with cold, infirmity, or emotion > with cold, fear, or repugnance shuddera1350 dudder?c1640 ?c1640 W. Rowley et al. Witch of Edmonton (1658) ii. i. 19 I dudder and shake like an Aspen-leaf. 1862 Atlantic Monthly Mar. 293/1 Joel piled on great fires, and went off on some mysterious errand, having ‘other chores to do than idling and duddering’. 1939 G. Baldry Rabbit Skin Cap 100 I starts agin all of a shake till he asks me what the hell is the matter with me a-dudder-ing so? 1960 A. O. D. Claxton Suffolk Dial. 20th Cent. (ed. 2) (at cited word) Did yow feel th' owd house dudder when th' wind struck it. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1746v.?c1640 |
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