| 单词 | jack shalloo |
| 释义 | > as lemmasJack Shalloo Jack Shalloo n. (also Jack Shilloo) [apparently < shilloo n.] Nautical slang (now disused) a boaster, a braggart; (also) an (excessively) easy-going officer; an officer who curries favour with the crew. †to do Jack Shalloo: to behave as a Jack Shalloo (obsolete). ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pleasure > cheerfulness > [noun] > light-heartedness > light-hearted person happy-go-lucky1835 Jack Shalloo1875 viscerotonic1938 society > travel > travel by water > one who travels by water or sea > sailor > types of sailor > [noun] > cheerful sailor Jack Shalloo1875 1875 Fraser's Mag. Aug. 138/1 It causes them [sc. sailors] to show off,..swagger and talk bombastic nonsense. The Royal Navy has in itself a slang term for them—‘Jack shilloo’. 1880 Vanity Fair 1 Dec. 13/1 Each one went on his own way, the Premier setting the example by quitting an exhausted House to do ‘Jack Shalloo’ on board the Grantully Castle.., where he behaved like a man who unbends in the enjoyment of the hour. 1904 E. P. Statham Story of ‘Britannia’ iv. 70 This lad [sc. an officer cadet]..was already rather a favourite, being of the breezy type, which sailors call a ‘Jack-shilloo’. 1932 M. Johnston Maiden xxii. 194 A fine lad, though maybe a bit of a Jack Shalloo with the great talk. < as lemmas |
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