单词 | high dutcher |
释义 | High Dutchern. 1. A German, esp. (in later use) a German settler as distinguished from a Dutch settler or descendant in the United States. Cf. High Dutch n. 2. Now historical and rare.In quot. 1671 perhaps spec.: a person from southern Germany. ΚΠ 1671 J. Crowne Juliana ii. 17 There have I..boarded the French-man, the high Dutcher, the Spaniard, the Grecian. 1795 N.Y. Weekly 23 Sept. 103/1 Under a broken table lies an old High Dutcher, as drunk as Latham's sow. 1823 J. F. Cooper Pioneers (1825) I. viii. 107 The Germans, or ‘High Dutchers’, as they were called, to distinguish them from the original or Low Dutch colonists. 1855 Graham's Mag. Oct. 318/1 He raally did think the hairy kritter was a high Dutcher. 1920 Daughters Amer. Revol. Mag. Mar. 161/1 They were Palatine refugees, known as the High Dutchers, to distinguish them from the Hollanders or Low Dutchers. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > winter sports > skating > [noun] > skate > types of rocker1820 High Dutcher1836 speed-skate1852 fen-runners1873 bobskate1903 tube1923 tube skate1923 clap skate1997 1836 Knickerbocker Jan. 60 I love..to wheel in curious circumgyrations; forming parallels and circles on my bright high-dutchers. 1837 Knickerbocker Mar. 289 Give me a satisfactory pair of high-dutchers, curled fantastically over the toe of my boots. 1862 Continental Monthly Sept. 269/1 Highly favored of all lovers of ice, whether applied to the bottoms of ringing High Dutchers, or internally in shape of summer refrigerators. 1894 Morning Oregonian (Portland, Oregon) 7 Jan. 11/3 Even though you use High Dutchers, I am able to teach you a trick or two at skating with my old-fashioned runners. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1671 |
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