单词 | arriet |
释义 | 'Arrietn. British colloquial (frequently humorous or depreciative). Now rare and historical. (The type of) a boisterous or jovial young Cockney woman, typically the notional wife or girlfriend of 'Arry (see 'Arry n.).Popularized in captions written by E. J. Milliken for cartoons in Punch from the 1870s to late 1890s. ΚΠ 1879 Sat. Rev. 9 Aug. 169/1 The English 'Arry..rarely brings his womankind with him. You hardly ever see 'Arriet. 1889 J. K. Jerome Three Men in Boat ix. 146 A party of provincial 'Arrys and 'Arriets, out for a moonlight sail. 1925 G. K. Chesterton Everlasting Man i. ii. 47 Professors of the future..will be able to discover the most fascinating facts about us from the initials left in the Magic Grotto by 'Arry and 'Arriet. 2012 C. de la L. Oulton Below Fairy City 78 An 'Arry or 'Arriet..was a stereotype approximating roughly to the twenty-first-century ‘chav’, a working-class figure with little education and a flashy style of dress. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1879 |
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