mockered upadj.

Brit.

/ˌmɒkəd ˈʌp/, U.S.

/ˌmɑkərd ˈəp/, Australian English

/ˌmɔkəd ˈʌp/, New Zealand English

/ˌmɒkəd ˈʌp/

Forms: 1900s– mockered up, 1900s– mokkered up.

Origin: Of uncertain origin. Perhaps a borrowing from Arabic. Etymon: Arabic makwa.

Etymology: Origin uncertain. Perhaps ultimately < Arabic makwa (see mocker n.³).

slang (Australian and New Zealand).

Dressed up.

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1910 Bulletin (Sydney) 3 Nov. 39/2 I'm goin' to dinner at Guv'ment 'Ouse... I'll 'ave to go mockered up classy-like.

1938 E. Partridge Dict. Slang (ed. 2) 1014/2 Mockered up, dressed in one's best.

1953 ‘Caddie’ Sydney Barmaid 223 I won't be..gettin' mokkered up before Satadey, so I'll pop me clobber termorrer.

1965 M. Shadbolt Among Cinders xxv. 250 She was mockered up to the nines.

1977 D. Stuart Drought Foal 180 Or an Admiral, any of them coves, all mockered up, real bloody desert lairs?

1985 A. G. Simmons Strike me Drunk! 76 I'm not feel'n too good but do you think I should, Mockered up like a pox doctor's clerk?

1997 Sunday Star Times (N.Z.) 7 Dec. 8 Why not make all the pakeha turn up in grass skirts, jandals and brandish war clubs? The Maori could get mockered up in three-piece suits, collars and ties and look suitably preposterous.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	mockered up
释义	mockered upadj. Brit. /ˌmɒkəd ˈʌp/, U.S. /ˌmɑkərd ˈəp/, Australian English /ˌmɔkəd ˈʌp/, New Zealand English /ˌmɒkəd ˈʌp/ Forms: 1900s– mockered up, 1900s– mokkered up. Origin: Of uncertain origin. Perhaps a borrowing from Arabic. Etymon: Arabic makwa. Etymology: Origin uncertain. Perhaps ultimately < Arabic makwa (see mocker n.³). slang (Australian and New Zealand). Dressed up. ΚΠ 1910 Bulletin (Sydney) 3 Nov. 39/2 I'm goin' to dinner at Guv'ment 'Ouse... I'll 'ave to go mockered up classy-like. 1938 E. Partridge Dict. Slang (ed. 2) 1014/2 Mockered up, dressed in one's best. 1953 ‘Caddie’ Sydney Barmaid 223 I won't be..gettin' mokkered up before Satadey, so I'll pop me clobber termorrer. 1965 M. Shadbolt Among Cinders xxv. 250 She was mockered up to the nines. 1977 D. Stuart Drought Foal 180 Or an Admiral, any of them coves, all mockered up, real bloody desert lairs? 1985 A. G. Simmons Strike me Drunk! 76 I'm not feel'n too good but do you think I should, Mockered up like a pox doctor's clerk? 1997 Sunday Star Times (N.Z.) 7 Dec. 8 Why not make all the pakeha turn up in grass skirts, jandals and brandish war clubs? The Maori could get mockered up in three-piece suits, collars and ties and look suitably preposterous. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1910
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