单词 | ferry-louper |
释义 | > as lemmasferry-louper ferry-louper n. [ < ferry n.1 + Scots louper wanderer, vagabond (16th cent. in Older Scots; < loup v. + -er suffix1)] Orkney a person who is not a native of Orkney; an incomer or visitor from the mainland. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabitant > inhabitant according to environment > [noun] > dweller on island > one who has crossed from mainland to Orkneys ferry-louper1822 1822 A. Peterkin Notes Orkney & Zetland i. ii. 21 A Ferry Louper, (the name by which all persons not natives of Orkney are designated by the vulgar). 1902 Celtic Monthly Feb. 104/2 The would-be ‘ferry louper’ must content himself with the shelter of the ruined inn. 2005 Herald (Glasgow) (Nexis) 17 Jan. 14 He..explained that the thing most Orcadians would not wear was a ferry-louper coming into their patch. < as lemmas |
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