floorern.

/ˈflɔːrə/

Etymology: < floor v. + -er suffix¹.

One who or that which floors.

a. One who or that which brings down to the floor or ground; esp. a knock-down blow.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > downward motion > causing to come or go down > [noun] > knocking or striking down > one who or that which

fellerc1390

floorer1795

downer1819

1795 H. T. Potter New Dict. Cant & Flash (ed. 2) Floorers, fellows who throw persons down, after which their companions..rob them in the act of lifting them up.

1819 T. Moore Tom Crib's Memorial to Congress (ed. 3) 59 Singling him from all her flash adorers, Shines in his hits, and thunders in his floorers.

1837 B. D. Walsh tr. Aristophanes Acharnians ii. ii, in Comedies 33 Strike, O strike the precious rascal! He shall have a floorer dealt him!

b. In the game of skittles, a throw with the first of three balls which floors all the pins.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > ninepins or ten-pins > [noun] > types of shot

spare1843

floorer1881

field goal1961

1881 Cassell's Bk. Sports 128 The only play that will secure a floorer is to throw the ball with a good round-handed swing, imparting to the ball what in billiards would be called a ‘side’, and so that the edge of the ball alights on the right-handed shoulder of the front pin.

1928 Daily Express 31 Mar. 3/4 A scroll on which are inscribed the names of members who have scored floorers.

1930 A. P. Herbert Water Gipsies xxi A stranger to the game could not have told how it happened, but in less than a second the frame was clear—not one pin standing—a ‘floorer’.

1960 Observer 17 Jan. 3/5 A chap..said he had done nineteen floorers in a row.

2. Something which floors in a figurative sense (see floor v. 3), e.g. unexpected news of an unpleasant nature, a decisive argument or retort, a question which utterly embarrasses one, a poser. Also in university slang, a question or paper too hard to be mastered.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > testing > refutation, disproof > [noun] > that which refutes

silencer1600

floorer1837

nothing of the sort1869

1837 T. Hook Jack Brag III. vii. 308 ‘Well,’ said Jack, ‘that's a floorer, and no mistake.’

1867 J. Hatton Tallants lviii This case is a floorer to me.

1870 E. C. Brewer Dict. Phrase & Fable In the University we say, ‘That paper or question was a floorer’.

1875 M. E. Braddon Hostages to Fortune III. xiv. 227 I didn't know the news would be such a floorer.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	floorer
释义	floorern. /ˈflɔːrə/ Etymology: < floor v. + -er suffix¹. One who or that which floors. 1. a. One who or that which brings down to the floor or ground; esp. a knock-down blow. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > downward motion > causing to come or go down > [noun] > knocking or striking down > one who or that which fellerc1390 floorer1795 downer1819 1795 H. T. Potter New Dict. Cant & Flash (ed. 2) Floorers, fellows who throw persons down, after which their companions..rob them in the act of lifting them up. 1819 T. Moore Tom Crib's Memorial to Congress (ed. 3) 59 Singling him from all her flash adorers, Shines in his hits, and thunders in his floorers. 1837 B. D. Walsh tr. Aristophanes Acharnians ii. ii, in Comedies 33 Strike, O strike the precious rascal! He shall have a floorer dealt him! b. In the game of skittles, a throw with the first of three balls which floors all the pins. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > ninepins or ten-pins > [noun] > types of shot spare1843 floorer1881 field goal1961 1881 Cassell's Bk. Sports 128 The only play that will secure a floorer is to throw the ball with a good round-handed swing, imparting to the ball what in billiards would be called a ‘side’, and so that the edge of the ball alights on the right-handed shoulder of the front pin. 1928 Daily Express 31 Mar. 3/4 A scroll on which are inscribed the names of members who have scored floorers. 1930 A. P. Herbert Water Gipsies xxi A stranger to the game could not have told how it happened, but in less than a second the frame was clear—not one pin standing—a ‘floorer’. 1960 Observer 17 Jan. 3/5 A chap..said he had done nineteen floorers in a row. 2. Something which floors in a figurative sense (see floor v. 3), e.g. unexpected news of an unpleasant nature, a decisive argument or retort, a question which utterly embarrasses one, a poser. Also in university slang, a question or paper too hard to be mastered. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > testing > refutation, disproof > [noun] > that which refutes silencer1600 floorer1837 nothing of the sort1869 1837 T. Hook Jack Brag III. vii. 308 ‘Well,’ said Jack, ‘that's a floorer, and no mistake.’ 1867 J. Hatton Tallants lviii This case is a floorer to me. 1870 E. C. Brewer Dict. Phrase & Fable In the University we say, ‘That paper or question was a floorer’. 1875 M. E. Braddon Hostages to Fortune III. xiv. 227 I didn't know the news would be such a floorer. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1795
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