单词 | gorblimey |
释义 | gorblimeyint. Used as a colloquial expression of surprise, indignation, etc. See also quots. 1919, 1925. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > malediction > oaths > [interjection] > religious oaths (referring to God) > egad by Goda1225 deusc1300 s'elpa1330 by Gogc1400 Gog of heavena1500 by cock?1548 mort dieua1593 (God) refuse me1596 God damn me1619 adad1664 agad1672 igad1672 egad1673 adod1676 ecod1677 gadso1677 ydadc1680 goles1734 s'gad1743 by (or my) gumc1815 gorblimey1896 the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > headgear > [noun] > cap > types of > denoting office or profession > military Monmouth cap1577 watering cap1746 muff-cap1809 shako1816 chaco1826 forage-cap1827 foraging-cap1830 bearskin1843 field cap1845 kepi1861 busby1870 czako1891 forager1891 Brodrick1905 watch cap1909 gorblimey1919 split-arse cap1931 beret1948 piss-cutter1949 1896 A. Morrison Child of Jago i. 16 Gawblimy, not what? 1909 J. R. Ware Passing Eng. Gorblimy (about 1875). A gutter phrase. 1911 L. Stone Jonah i. ix. 105 ‘Gorblimey! A knock-out!’..Stinky, with a haphazard blow, had given Chook the dreaded knock-out. 1914 T. A. Baggs Back from Front xix. 92 Gor blimey, 'ow are ye, then, old townie? 1915 A. D. Gillespie Let. 27 Mar. in Lett. from Flanders (1916) 74 Most of the infantry now wear the soft ‘Gor'bli'me’ hat which looks horrid, but does not give such a mark as the flat-topped ‘Brodrick’. 1918 W. J. Locke Rough Road v. 51 ‘Gorblime!’ said Chipmunk, ‘that's the first I 'eard of it.’ 1919 War Terms in Athenæum 8 Aug. 729/1 ‘Gor-blimey’, a soft service cap. 1925 E. Fraser & J. Gibbons Soldier & Sailor Words Gorblimey... An exclamation or adjective of emphasis. A ‘Gorblimey’ was the common colloquial term for an unwired, floppy, field-service cap worn by a certain type of subaltern in defiance of the Dress Regulations. Lines from a song, popular before the War, ran:—‘He wears Gorblimey trousers An a little Gorblimey 'at.’ 1956 J. Masters Bugles & Tiger 49 A tweed gorblimey cap worn well forward on the head. 1958 Oxf. Mag. 27 Feb. 326/1 The British and American tendency is to emphasise the Gorblimey aspect of history, the feelings of the ordinary man on the spot at the time. 1962 Listener 31 May 967/1 She offered a gorblimey cheerfulness. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < int.1896 |
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