| 单词 | gay cat |
| 释义 | > as lemmasgay cat gay cat n. U.S. slang (now rare) a young or inexperienced tramp, esp. one who acts as a scout; a hobo who accepts occasional work.Some examples imply a relationship with an older tramp involving sexual favours, but this cannot be taken as evidence for sense A. 9a: see also etymological note. ΘΚΠ society > travel > aspects of travel > travel from place to place > [noun] > without fixed aim or wandering > vagrancy or vagabondage > vagabond or tramp harlot?c1225 raikera1400 vacabond1404 vagrant1444 gangrela1450 briber?c1475 palliard1484 vagabondc1485 rogue1489 wavenger1493 hermit1495 gaberlunzie1508 knight of the field1508 loiterer1530 straggler1530 runagate1534 ruffler1535 hedge-creeper1548 Abraham man1567 cursitor1567 runner1567 walker1567 tinker1575 traveller1598 Tartar1602 stravagant1606 wagand1614 Circumcellion1623 meechera1625 hedge-bird1631 gaberlunzie man1649 tramp1664 stroller1681 jockey1685 bird of passage1717 randy1724 tramper1760 stalko1804 vagabondager1813 rintherout1814 piker1838 pikey1838 beachcomber1840 roadster1851 vagabondizer1860 roustabout1862 bum1864 migratory1866 potter1867 sundowner1868 vag1868 walkabout1872 transient1877 Murrumbidgee whaler1878 rouster1882 run-the-hedge1882 whaler1883 shaughraun1884 heather-cat1886 hobo1889 tussocker1889 gay cat1893 overlander1898 stake-man1899 stiff1899 bindle-stiff1900 dingbat1902 stew-bum1902 tired Tim (also Timothy)1906 skipper1925 Strandlooper1927 knight of the road1928 hobohemian1936 plain turkey1955 scrub turkey1955 derro1963 jakey1988 crusty1990 1893 Cent. Mag. Nov. 106 The gay-cats are men who will work for ‘very good money’, and are usually in the West in the autumn to take advantage of the high wages. 1897 ‘J. Flynt’ in Forum Feb. 741 Nothing arouses his [sc. the hobo's] scorn more than the dilettante, or ‘gay-cat’, as he calls him. 1901 J. London Let. 6 Dec. (1966) 126 Wyckoff is a gay cat. That was his rating when he wandered over the States. 1905 Amer. Illustr. Mag. 209/1 From this center a number of so-called ‘gay cats’, or ‘spies’ will visit a small village. 1914 Sat. Evening Post 4 Apr. 10/3 I ain't no gay-cat that 'ud kick you after makin' friends. 1926 J. Black You can't Win vi. 74 He must have been an awful gay cat to get into the end of a carload of planed lumber. It's suicide. 1935 N. Ersine Underworld & Prison Slang 39 Geycat,..a homosexual boy. 1950 R. Chandler Let. 18 May (1966) 78 A gay-cat is a young punk who runs with an older tramp and there is always a connotation of homosexuality. Again, he could be a ‘look-out’ (outside man) or a ‘finder’ (finger or finger man), but that is a derived or occasional meaning and not exact. 1980 E. White in L. Michaels & C. B. Ricks State of Lang. 238 In American slang at the turn of the century, a ‘gay cat’ was a younger, less experienced man who attached himself to an older, more seasoned vagrant or hobo; implicit in the relationship between gay cat and hobo was a sexual liaison. < as lemmas |
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