lowryn.¹

Brit.

/ˈlɒri/, U.S.

/ˈlɑri/

Origin: Apparently a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: lorry n.

Etymology: Apparently a variant of lorry n., although compare German Lowries , plural (1844 or earlier; compare quot. 1872), itself apparently < lorry n. Compare French lowries (1873 or earlier).

Chiefly U.S. Railways. Now rare.

A large goods wagon with open sides; a flatbed car.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > cart, carriage, or wagon > cart or wagon for conveying goods > [noun] > types of > wagon (usually four-wheeled) > with movable boards

wagon1573

lowry1865

1865 Railway News 23 Sept. 346/2 To distribute the metalling at the spots required five locomotives with two hundred lowries are ready for the work.

1872 E. Newdigate tr. A. Niemann French Campaign, 1870–1871 x. 304 Two mailed Lowries [Ger. Lowries], each with a heavy gun, were brought into position by an engine, also mailed, on the Mülhause railroad against the German lines.

1909 Louisiana Sugar Planter & Manufacturer 5 June 356/2 Machines for loading the beaten, or harvested, cane on the lowries, or cane cars.

2007 ARMINFO News Agency (Nexis) 6 June Thirty-five carriages and lowries loaded with five tanks, 44 vehicles and other material and technical property weighting about 900 tons in total.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

Lowryn.²

Brit.

/ˈlaʊri/, U.S.

/ˈlaʊri/

Origin: From a proper name. Etymon: proper name Lowry.

Etymology: < the name of Laurence Stephen Lowry (1887–1976), British painter.

I. Compounds.

1. attributive. Designating a figure, scene, etc., reminiscent of those in the paintings of L. S. Lowry, esp. his landscape paintings of the urban industrial north of England, in which people and animals are depicted in characteristically thin, stylized figures.Cf. matchstick man at matchstick adj.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > period, movement, or school of art > late 19th and 20th centuries > [adjective] > others > specific artists

Whistlerian1891

Beardsleyan1895

Picassoesque1931

Picassian1940

Daliesque1941

Lowry1945

Picassoid1954

Thurberesque1954

Lowryish1961

Lowryesque1969

Warholian1972

Whistlerish1979

1945 M. Ayrton in Spectator 23 Feb. 171/2 The Lowry figure is a mindless, herded, seedy figment painted into an industrial landscape which is in a class by itself.

1951 M. Collis Discov. of L. S. Lowry 17 I saw that it was a Lowry house, not unlike the Georgian house in the centre of An Island.

1966 Guardian 31 Oct. 8/3 I look down on the Lowry landscape—asphalt and figures passing and repassing: the leaden sky, the walkers padded out against the cold.

1996 C. Graham Faithful unto Death (2000) xiii. 243 Mr. Marchbanks, a Lowry stick-figure with a mass of pale lemon curls.

II. Simples uses.

2. A painting by L. S. Lowry.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > work of art > [noun] > types of > original

original1683

Lowry1957

1957 Sat. Bk. No. 17. 235 I should be unable to account for the profound felling of ‘rightness’ that comes to me when I look at a good Lowry.

1979 M. Leigh Abigail's Party ii, in Abigail's Party & Goose-pimples (1983) 62 This is a Lowry! Now, did you know, his father was an Estate Agent?

1988 Vogue Aug. 20/1 Part of the pleasure of seeing the Lowrys in Salford lay in spotting typical Lowry figures next to the pictures.

2008 Guardian (Nexis) 22 Mar. (Weekend Suppl.) 111 But I did buy my own Lowry. It's what young northern lads from the 60s aspired to. Make a bit of brass, get your mam a bungalow, then buy a Lowry.

Derivatives

Lowryˈesque adj. = Lowry-like n.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > period, movement, or school of art > late 19th and 20th centuries > [adjective] > others > specific artists

Whistlerian1891

Beardsleyan1895

Picassoesque1931

Picassian1940

Daliesque1941

Lowry1945

Picassoid1954

Thurberesque1954

Lowryish1961

Lowryesque1969

Warholian1972

Whistlerish1979

1969 Guardian 8 Nov. 9/4 The urban landscapes are Lowryesque.

1992 Daily Tel. 10 Feb. 4/7 It..shows Lowryesque children learning against a backcloth of smoking stacks and grimy cottages.

ˈLowryish adj. = Lowry-like n.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > period, movement, or school of art > late 19th and 20th centuries > [adjective] > others > specific artists

Whistlerian1891

Beardsleyan1895

Picassoesque1931

Picassian1940

Daliesque1941

Lowry1945

Picassoid1954

Thurberesque1954

Lowryish1961

Lowryesque1969

Warholian1972

Whistlerish1979

1961 Punch 5 July 17/2 The difference between Yorkshire breadth of human nature and Lancashire Lowry-ish leanness is the difference between woollens and cottons.

1993 Evening Standard (Nexis) 8 Mar. 24 Lowryish industrial landscape and figures, 20th century.

ˈLowry-like n. reminiscent or characteristic of the landscapes, scenes, and figures in the paintings of L. S. Lowry.

ΚΠ

1964 Guardian 17 Nov. 14/5 Her work ranges from the colourful and exotic to Lowry-like industrial scenes.

1987 C. Phillips European Tribe xiii. 108 Moving between, in and around them, were Lowry-like figures in black, shuffling their way to and from work.

2008 A. Eames Something Different for Weekend 195 From the top, 118m up, there's a 360° view of Lowry-like spires and smoke stacks.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	lowry
释义	lowryn.¹ Brit. /ˈlɒri/, U.S. /ˈlɑri/ Origin: Apparently a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: lorry n. Etymology: Apparently a variant of lorry n., although compare German Lowries , plural (1844 or earlier; compare quot. 1872), itself apparently < lorry n. Compare French lowries (1873 or earlier). Chiefly U.S. Railways. Now rare. A large goods wagon with open sides; a flatbed car. ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > cart, carriage, or wagon > cart or wagon for conveying goods > [noun] > types of > wagon (usually four-wheeled) > with movable boards wagon1573 lowry1865 1865 Railway News 23 Sept. 346/2 To distribute the metalling at the spots required five locomotives with two hundred lowries are ready for the work. 1872 E. Newdigate tr. A. Niemann French Campaign, 1870–1871 x. 304 Two mailed Lowries [Ger. Lowries], each with a heavy gun, were brought into position by an engine, also mailed, on the Mülhause railroad against the German lines. 1909 Louisiana Sugar Planter & Manufacturer 5 June 356/2 Machines for loading the beaten, or harvested, cane on the lowries, or cane cars. 2007 ARMINFO News Agency (Nexis) 6 June Thirty-five carriages and lowries loaded with five tanks, 44 vehicles and other material and technical property weighting about 900 tons in total. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022). Lowryn.² Brit. /ˈlaʊri/, U.S. /ˈlaʊri/ Origin: From a proper name. Etymon: proper name Lowry. Etymology: < the name of Laurence Stephen Lowry (1887–1976), British painter. I. Compounds. 1. attributive. Designating a figure, scene, etc., reminiscent of those in the paintings of L. S. Lowry, esp. his landscape paintings of the urban industrial north of England, in which people and animals are depicted in characteristically thin, stylized figures.Cf. matchstick man at matchstick adj. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > period, movement, or school of art > late 19th and 20th centuries > [adjective] > others > specific artists Whistlerian1891 Beardsleyan1895 Picassoesque1931 Picassian1940 Daliesque1941 Lowry1945 Picassoid1954 Thurberesque1954 Lowryish1961 Lowryesque1969 Warholian1972 Whistlerish1979 1945 M. Ayrton in Spectator 23 Feb. 171/2 The Lowry figure is a mindless, herded, seedy figment painted into an industrial landscape which is in a class by itself. 1951 M. Collis Discov. of L. S. Lowry 17 I saw that it was a Lowry house, not unlike the Georgian house in the centre of An Island. 1966 Guardian 31 Oct. 8/3 I look down on the Lowry landscape—asphalt and figures passing and repassing: the leaden sky, the walkers padded out against the cold. 1996 C. Graham Faithful unto Death (2000) xiii. 243 Mr. Marchbanks, a Lowry stick-figure with a mass of pale lemon curls. II. Simples uses. 2. A painting by L. S. Lowry. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > work of art > [noun] > types of > original original1683 Lowry1957 1957 Sat. Bk. No. 17. 235 I should be unable to account for the profound felling of ‘rightness’ that comes to me when I look at a good Lowry. 1979 M. Leigh Abigail's Party ii, in Abigail's Party & Goose-pimples (1983) 62 This is a Lowry! Now, did you know, his father was an Estate Agent? 1988 Vogue Aug. 20/1 Part of the pleasure of seeing the Lowrys in Salford lay in spotting typical Lowry figures next to the pictures. 2008 Guardian (Nexis) 22 Mar. (Weekend Suppl.) 111 But I did buy my own Lowry. It's what young northern lads from the 60s aspired to. Make a bit of brass, get your mam a bungalow, then buy a Lowry. Derivatives Lowryˈesque adj. = Lowry-like n. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > period, movement, or school of art > late 19th and 20th centuries > [adjective] > others > specific artists Whistlerian1891 Beardsleyan1895 Picassoesque1931 Picassian1940 Daliesque1941 Lowry1945 Picassoid1954 Thurberesque1954 Lowryish1961 Lowryesque1969 Warholian1972 Whistlerish1979 1969 Guardian 8 Nov. 9/4 The urban landscapes are Lowryesque. 1992 Daily Tel. 10 Feb. 4/7 It..shows Lowryesque children learning against a backcloth of smoking stacks and grimy cottages. ˈLowryish adj. = Lowry-like n. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > period, movement, or school of art > late 19th and 20th centuries > [adjective] > others > specific artists Whistlerian1891 Beardsleyan1895 Picassoesque1931 Picassian1940 Daliesque1941 Lowry1945 Picassoid1954 Thurberesque1954 Lowryish1961 Lowryesque1969 Warholian1972 Whistlerish1979 1961 Punch 5 July 17/2 The difference between Yorkshire breadth of human nature and Lancashire Lowry-ish leanness is the difference between woollens and cottons. 1993 Evening Standard (Nexis) 8 Mar. 24 Lowryish industrial landscape and figures, 20th century. ˈLowry-like n. reminiscent or characteristic of the landscapes, scenes, and figures in the paintings of L. S. Lowry. ΚΠ 1964 Guardian 17 Nov. 14/5 Her work ranges from the colourful and exotic to Lowry-like industrial scenes. 1987 C. Phillips European Tribe xiii. 108 Moving between, in and around them, were Lowry-like figures in black, shuffling their way to and from work. 2008 A. Eames Something Different for Weekend 195 From the top, 118m up, there's a 360° view of Lowry-like spires and smoke stacks. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.¹1865n.²1945
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