greengagen.

Brit.

/ˈɡriːnɡeɪdʒ/, U.S.

/ˈɡrinˌɡeɪdʒ/

Forms: 1700s– greengage, 1800s greengedge.

Origin: Apparently from a proper name, combined with an English element. Etymons: green adj., proper name Gage.

Etymology: Apparently < green adj. + the name of Sir William Gage (see quot. a1768 at sense 1).

1. The small oval fruit of a cultivated variety of plum, Prunus domestica subsp. italica, which has yellow to green skin and very sweet juicy flesh, and is used for eating and for making desserts and preserves. Also: the tree that bears this fruit. Cf. Reine Claude n.

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the world > food and drink > food > fruit and vegetables > fruit or a fruit > stone fruit > [noun] > plum > greengage

greengage1718

gage1888

the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular types of fruit > [noun] > stone fruit > plum > greengage

Reine Claude1691

greengage1718

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1718 J. Laurence Fruit-garden Kal. 91 We are also now presented with some of the most excellent Plums, viz. the Blue and White Perdigrans, the Sheen, or Fotheringa.., the Green Gage, the Muscle, and the Orleance.

1722 R. Bradley Gen. Treat. Husbandry II. 291 Q. Whether this [sc. the Gros Damas Verd] is not the Green Gage Plumb in the English Catalogue?

a1768 P. Collinson in L. W. Dillwyn Hortus Collinsonianus (1843) 60 I was on a visit to Sir William Gage..; he told me that..in compliment to him the Plum was called the Green Gage; this was about the year 1725.

1813 Monthly Mag. 35 232 The Cadiz plum, or green-gedge.

1860 F. A. Buck Let. 22 Jan. in K. A. White Yankee Trader in Gold Rush (1930) 181 We bought recently a variety of fruit trees: green gages..ox heart cherries and six varieties of pear.

1891 C. T. C. James Romantic Rigmarole 105 The question of a greengage-tart for dinner.

1903 E. Bartrum Bk. Pears & Plums 58 The incessant demand for greengages is a testimony to the popularity of the plum as a dessert fruit.

1959 Home Encycl. 186 The plum (of which the greengage is, perhaps, the most delicious variety) does not do well on a cold or clay subsoil.

2009 BBC Gardeners' World Sept. 88/1 If your standard Victoria plum is good plonk, then a perfectly ripe greengage is a fine wine in a vintage year.

2. [Rhyming slang.]

a. The stage. Cf. green n.¹ 13.

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society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > the theatre or the stage > a theatre > stage > [noun]

scaffoldc1405

stage1551

theatre1589

board1768

greenage1836

greengage1931

main stage1950

1931 Evening Standard 19 Aug. 10/1 We speak of..the stage as the ‘green-gage’.

1984 T. Miller Standing By 139 In Elizabethan theatres, ‘greengage’, or ‘green’ for short, was another name for the stage.

2002 M. Bygraves Stars in my Eyes 179 It will work for anybody trying to make it on the ‘greengage’ (the stage).

b. In plural. Wages.

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society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > payment for labour or service > [noun] > of manual workers

rock of ages1635

wage1776

greengage1931

wage packet1951

1931 ‘G. Orwell’ Hop-picking in Coll. Ess. (1968) I. 71 The hop-pickers used these expressions freely:..The hot cross bun, meaning the sun. Greengages, meaning wages.

1932 ‘P. P.’ Rhyming Slang ii. 20 Greengages,..Wages.

1964 Guardian 2 Mar. 7/6 The money? Greengages we call it, greengages—wages. You'll be surprised. In a lot of places it's a fiver a night.

2003 R. Lederer Man of my Words 34 I'll pay you back when I get me greens. Greengages—wages.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	greengage
释义	greengagen. Brit. /ˈɡriːnɡeɪdʒ/, U.S. /ˈɡrinˌɡeɪdʒ/ Forms: 1700s– greengage, 1800s greengedge. Origin: Apparently from a proper name, combined with an English element. Etymons: green adj., proper name Gage. Etymology: Apparently < green adj. + the name of Sir William Gage (see quot. a1768 at sense 1). 1. The small oval fruit of a cultivated variety of plum, Prunus domestica subsp. italica, which has yellow to green skin and very sweet juicy flesh, and is used for eating and for making desserts and preserves. Also: the tree that bears this fruit. Cf. Reine Claude n. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > fruit and vegetables > fruit or a fruit > stone fruit > [noun] > plum > greengage greengage1718 gage1888 the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular types of fruit > [noun] > stone fruit > plum > greengage Reine Claude1691 greengage1718 gage1888 1718 J. Laurence Fruit-garden Kal. 91 We are also now presented with some of the most excellent Plums, viz. the Blue and White Perdigrans, the Sheen, or Fotheringa.., the Green Gage, the Muscle, and the Orleance. 1722 R. Bradley Gen. Treat. Husbandry II. 291 Q. Whether this [sc. the Gros Damas Verd] is not the Green Gage Plumb in the English Catalogue? a1768 P. Collinson in L. W. Dillwyn Hortus Collinsonianus (1843) 60 I was on a visit to Sir William Gage..; he told me that..in compliment to him the Plum was called the Green Gage; this was about the year 1725. 1813 Monthly Mag. 35 232 The Cadiz plum, or green-gedge. 1860 F. A. Buck Let. 22 Jan. in K. A. White Yankee Trader in Gold Rush (1930) 181 We bought recently a variety of fruit trees: green gages..ox heart cherries and six varieties of pear. 1891 C. T. C. James Romantic Rigmarole 105 The question of a greengage-tart for dinner. 1903 E. Bartrum Bk. Pears & Plums 58 The incessant demand for greengages is a testimony to the popularity of the plum as a dessert fruit. 1959 Home Encycl. 186 The plum (of which the greengage is, perhaps, the most delicious variety) does not do well on a cold or clay subsoil. 2009 BBC Gardeners' World Sept. 88/1 If your standard Victoria plum is good plonk, then a perfectly ripe greengage is a fine wine in a vintage year. 2. [Rhyming slang.] a. The stage. Cf. green n.¹ 13. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > the theatre or the stage > a theatre > stage > [noun] scaffoldc1405 stage1551 theatre1589 board1768 greenage1836 greengage1931 main stage1950 1931 Evening Standard 19 Aug. 10/1 We speak of..the stage as the ‘green-gage’. 1984 T. Miller Standing By 139 In Elizabethan theatres, ‘greengage’, or ‘green’ for short, was another name for the stage. 2002 M. Bygraves Stars in my Eyes 179 It will work for anybody trying to make it on the ‘greengage’ (the stage). b. In plural. Wages. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > payment for labour or service > [noun] > of manual workers rock of ages1635 wage1776 wage1776 greengage1931 wage packet1951 1931 ‘G. Orwell’ Hop-picking in Coll. Ess. (1968) I. 71 The hop-pickers used these expressions freely:..The hot cross bun, meaning the sun. Greengages, meaning wages. 1932 ‘P. P.’ Rhyming Slang ii. 20 Greengages,..Wages. 1964 Guardian 2 Mar. 7/6 The money? Greengages we call it, greengages—wages. You'll be surprised. In a lot of places it's a fiver a night. 2003 R. Lederer Man of my Words 34 I'll pay you back when I get me greens. Greengages—wages. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1718
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