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单词 jock tamsons bairns
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Jock Tamson's bairnsn.

Brit. /ˌdʒɒk ˈtams(ə)nz bɛːnz/, U.S. /ˌdʒɑk ˈtæmsənz ˌbɛ(ə)rnz/, Scottish English /ˌdʒɔk ˈtams(ə)nz bernz/
Origin: From a proper name, combined with an English element. Etymons: proper name Jock Tamson , bairn n.
Etymology: < the genitive of the personal name Jock Tamson ( < the male forename Jock (see Jock n.1) + the surname Tamson, Scottish variant of Thomson) + the plural of bairn n.The name Jock Tamson , formed from a very common forename and surname, is apparently intended to refer to a common or ordinary person, everyman. Compare Jock n.1 Compare also John Thomson's man n. at John n. Compounds 1a.
Scottish colloquial.
Humankind, common humanity. Chiefly in we are all Jock Tamson's bairns (and variants): used to express the belief that all people are equal, or to convey a feeling of fellowship, community, or shared interest.
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the world > people > [noun]
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all fleshc1000
mankinOE
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little worldc1175
man's kinda1200
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humanityc1450
microcosma1475
peoplea1500
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humankind1561
universality1561
deadly?1590
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rational1601
vicegerent1601
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flesh and blooda1616
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universea1645
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the species1711
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Jock Tamson's bairns1832
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peeps1847
menfolk1870
manfolk1876
amniota1879
peoplekind1956
personkind1972
1832 Day 13 Mar. 247 I think we're a' Jock Tamson's bairns.
1895 N. Roy Horseman's Word viii. 95 We're a' Jock Tamson's bairns, nane o' us can rechtly bear to be ower muckle til oursells.
1924 North-China Herald 31 May 353/4 One of the pleasant things about the Scottish members of Parliament is the spirit of friendship that exists between them... They are all Jock Tamson's bairns.
1959 J. M. Reid Scotl. Past & Present i. 18 In certain moods Scotsmen were, and still are, ‘a' Jock Tamson's bairns’, the children of the same home.
1990 Gay Scotl. Dec. 23/3 Variety is something to be valued and men, women, gays, lesbians, blacks, Jews, Muslims, Catholics and Protestants are a' Jock Tamson's bairns.
2014 G. Brown My Scotl. our Brit. 127 The drive for education was..inspired by the idea that all Jock Tamson's bairns had the right to fulfil their true potential.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2018; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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