单词 | arry |
释义 | 'Arryn. British colloquial (frequently humorous or depreciative). Now rare and historical. (The type of) a boisterous or jovial young Cockney man. Cf. 'Arriet n., Harry n.2 2b.Popularized in captions written by E. J. Milliken for cartoons in Punch from the 1870s to late 1890s. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social class > the common people > low rank or condition > low or vulgar person > [noun] gadlinga1300 geggea1300 churlc1300 filec1300 jot1362 scoutc1380 beggara1400 carla1400 turnbroach14.. villainc1400 gnoffc1405 fellowc1425 cavelc1430 haskardc1487 hastardc1489 foumart1508 strummel?a1513 knapper1513 hogshead?1518 jockeya1529 dreng1535 sneakbill1546 Jack1548 rag1566 scald1575 huddle and twang1578 sneaksby1580 companion1581 lowling1581 besognier1584 patchcock1596 grill1597 sneaksbill1602 scum1607 turnspit1607 cocoloch1610 compeer1612 dust-worm1621 besonioa1625 world-worma1625 besognea1652 gippo1651 Jacky1653 mechanic1699 fustya1732 grub-worm1752 raff1778 person1782 rough scuff1816 spalpeen1817 bum1825 sculpin1834 soap-lock1840 tinka1843 'Arry1874 scruff1896 scruffo1959 1874 Punch's Almanack (caption) 'Arry on 'Orseback. 1881 Sat. Rev. No. 1318. 148 The local 'Arry has torn down the famous tapestries of the great hall. 1914 G. K. Chesterton Wisdom of Father Brown (1915) ii. 35 He contrived, in the true tradition of 'Arry at Margate, to look at once startling and commonplace. 1938 Spectator 14 Jan. 57/3 Did 'Arry before he passed originate the expression O.K.? 2014 D. Ibitson in R. Carroll & A. Hansen Litpop i. 36 The contemporary disdain for the London 'Arry and his popular music. Derivatives ˈ'Arryish adj. characteristic or typical of a boisterous or jovial young Cockney man. ΚΠ 1880 W. Wallace in Academy 28 Feb. 156/1 He has a fair stock of somewhat 'Arryish animal spirits, but no real humour. 1900 Echo 14 Sept. 1/7 This modern cynical grin—the grin of 'Arry-ish contempt for anything subtle, anything affecting, anything beautiful. 1919 H. Alexander in G. Carnall Gandhi's Interpreter (2010) ii. 55 Distinctly uneducated and ‘Arryish’. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1874 |
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