单词 | mouldy chops |
释义 | † mouldy chopsn. derogatory. Obsolete. An old person. Frequently as a contemptuous form of address. Cf. mouldy adj.1 2a. ΘΚΠ the world > people > person > old person > [noun] oldeOE morea1382 olderc1450 ancient1502 mouldy chopsa1640 antediluvian1648 prediluvian1690 emerit1710 pelt1757 old fogey1793 antique1801 relic1832 old head1838 oldster1846 elderling1863 the Ancient of Days1935 senior citizen1938 OAP1942 golden ager1948 coffin dodger1954 wrinkly1972 crumbly1976 geriatric1977 a1640 P. Massinger & J. Fletcher Very Woman iii. i. 150 in P. Massinger 3 New Playes (1655) You mouldy chops, know your crib, I would wish you. 1693 T. Southerne Maids Last Prayer iii. 34 Capt. Where's my gittern? Siam. Why, Numpee, you broke your Gittern, you know. Capt. My Gittern! mouldy Chops! where were you bred I trow? This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online June 2018). < n.a1640 |
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