| 单词 | mad mick |
| 释义 | > as lemmasmad mick mad mick n. [rhyming slang] originally and chiefly Australian a pick, a pickaxe (see also quot. 1935). ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > digging or lifting tools > [noun] > pick mattockeOE pickaxe1256 billc1325 pikec1330 pickc1350 peak1454 picker1481 peck1485 beele1671 pix1708 tramp-pick1813 jackass pick1874 mad mick1919 1919 Aussie: Austral. Soldiers' Mag. Jan. 8/1 We were issued with..‘Mad Micks’, as the Diggers call..picks. 1935 A. J. Pollock Underworld Speaks 74/1 Mad mick, a pick (prison). 1953 T. A. G. Hungerford Riverslake 224 I swung a mad-mick there for eighteen months during the depression. 1973 F. Huelin Keep Moving 78 Well, I won't buy drinks f'r any bloody ganger, just f'r a chance to swing a mad mick. < as lemmas |
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