abbey lairdn.

Brit.

/ˈabɪ ˌlɛːd/, U.S.

/ˈæbi ˌlɛ(ə)rd/, Scottish English

/ˈabɪ ˌlerd/

Forms: see abbey n. and laird n.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: abbey n., laird n.

Etymology: < abbey n. + laird n.

Chiefly Scottish (humorous). Now historical.

An insolvent debtor taking sanctuary in the precincts of Holyrood Abbey, Edinburgh. Cf. abbey n. 3.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > management of money > insolvency > indebtedness > [noun] > debtor > other types of debtor

bankrupt1533

mortgager1607

Alsatian1688

Minter1699

abbey laird1700

judgment debtor1749

peon1826

poor debtor1831

overdrawer1906

zombie1985

1700 Atholl MSS in Sc. National Dict. (1960) V. 493/1 He has got a charge of horning from Megens and that his Lop. cannot think of being an Aby leard.

1775 ‘Claudero’ Ars Catchpolaria ii. 15 Depriv'd of money, bilk'd by all. An Abbey Laird they Dornock call.

1820 F. Lathom One-pound Note & Other Tales I. iv. 93 On my first becoming an abbey-laird, the title by which such of its inhabitants as I was one of are distinguished, I had resolved to live economically.

1861 R. Chambers Domest. Ann. Scotl. III. 349 It being part of the law of Scotland that diligence cannot be proceeded with on Sunday, the Abbey Lairds, as they were jocularly called, were enabled to come forth on that day, and mingle in their wonted society.

1916 K. Clark Spell of Scotl. iv. 110 Thousands and thousands of men—‘abbey lairds’ as they were pleasantly called—have stepped across this line before me.

1942 J. J. Reilly Bks. & Men (1968) 194 He was often so hard beset that he fled to Holyrood, a legal sanctuary for ‘notorious bankrupts’, where he and his fellow ‘Abbey lairds’ lived like rabbits in a warren.

2007 Evening News (Edinb.) (Nexis) 11 July 22 Charles X of France was amongst those said to have sought refuge as an ‘Abbey Laird’ before he became king.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	abbey laird
释义	abbey lairdn. Brit. /ˈabɪ ˌlɛːd/, U.S. /ˈæbi ˌlɛ(ə)rd/, Scottish English /ˈabɪ ˌlerd/ Forms: see abbey n. and laird n. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: abbey n., laird n. Etymology: < abbey n. + laird n. Chiefly Scottish (humorous). Now historical. An insolvent debtor taking sanctuary in the precincts of Holyrood Abbey, Edinburgh. Cf. abbey n. 3. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > management of money > insolvency > indebtedness > [noun] > debtor > other types of debtor bankrupt1533 mortgager1607 Alsatian1688 Minter1699 abbey laird1700 judgment debtor1749 peon1826 poor debtor1831 overdrawer1906 zombie1985 1700 Atholl MSS in Sc. National Dict. (1960) V. 493/1 He has got a charge of horning from Megens and that his Lop. cannot think of being an Aby leard. 1775 ‘Claudero’ Ars Catchpolaria ii. 15 Depriv'd of money, bilk'd by all. An Abbey Laird they Dornock call. 1820 F. Lathom One-pound Note & Other Tales I. iv. 93 On my first becoming an abbey-laird, the title by which such of its inhabitants as I was one of are distinguished, I had resolved to live economically. 1861 R. Chambers Domest. Ann. Scotl. III. 349 It being part of the law of Scotland that diligence cannot be proceeded with on Sunday, the Abbey Lairds, as they were jocularly called, were enabled to come forth on that day, and mingle in their wonted society. 1916 K. Clark Spell of Scotl. iv. 110 Thousands and thousands of men—‘abbey lairds’ as they were pleasantly called—have stepped across this line before me. 1942 J. J. Reilly Bks. & Men (1968) 194 He was often so hard beset that he fled to Holyrood, a legal sanctuary for ‘notorious bankrupts’, where he and his fellow ‘Abbey lairds’ lived like rabbits in a warren. 2007 Evening News (Edinb.) (Nexis) 11 July 22 Charles X of France was amongst those said to have sought refuge as an ‘Abbey Laird’ before he became king. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1700
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