money pitn.

Brit.

/ˈmʌnɪ pɪt/, U.S.

/ˈməni ˌpɪt/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: money n., pit n.¹

Etymology: < money n. + pit n.¹In specific use in sense 2 popularized by the title of the 1986 U.S. film The Money Pit (see quot. 1984 at sense 2).

1. A pit dug to hide treasure or money; a pit in which money is expected to be found.The name money pit has come to be associated particularly with such a pit on Oak Island, Nova Scotia, Canada, of which the treacherous design and absent (or so far undiscovered) treasure seem to have given rise to the apparently divergent sense 2: see quot. 1974.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > land > landscape > low land > hole or pit > [noun] > other types of hole

posthole1703

dump1788

bladder-hole1789

moss-hag1790

money pit1820

butt-hole1897

sand-hole1897

scratch hole1923

1820 B. Silliman Remarks Tour Hartford & Quebec 121 In many places..we found money-pits dug; and, in one place, they told us, that a man bought of a poor widow, the right of digging on her ground for hidden treasure.

1883 J. De Mille Old Garth 15 An iron wheel which had undoubtedly been used for the purpose of lowering the treasure into the money pit.

1953 T. P. Leary (title) The Oak Island enigma: a history and enquiry into the origin of the Money Pit.

1974 Forbes (Nexis) 15 Nov. Since its discovery in 1795, the ‘money pit’ maze of flooded tunnels on the reputed onetime pirate lair of Oak Island, Nova Scotia, has lured and licked an army of amateur treasure hunters.

1992 Nova Scotia Travel Guide 251/1 Nearby is Oak Island, whose ‘money pit’ has mystified treasure seekers for almost two centuries.

2. colloquial. A major drain on financial resources, a waste of money; spec. a house in need of expensive repairs or maintenance.

ΚΠ

1984 People (Nexis) 12 Nov. 35 A Steven Spielberg film is in the works: it's called The Money Pit, a remake of the 1948 comedy Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House.

1986 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 8 Apr. c4/3 Such a database is a true money pit, and finding consumers willing to shovel in the money to fill it is a formidable task.

1988 What Mortgage May 60/3 You would have probably have saved yourself thousands of pounds in the costs of repairing a real ‘money pit’.

1994 Western Living Oct. 3/3 A money-pit bungalow transformed into a country-cottage dream home.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	money pit
释义	money pitn. Brit. /ˈmʌnɪ pɪt/, U.S. /ˈməni ˌpɪt/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: money n., pit n.¹ Etymology: < money n. + pit n.¹In specific use in sense 2 popularized by the title of the 1986 U.S. film The Money Pit (see quot. 1984 at sense 2). 1. A pit dug to hide treasure or money; a pit in which money is expected to be found.The name money pit has come to be associated particularly with such a pit on Oak Island, Nova Scotia, Canada, of which the treacherous design and absent (or so far undiscovered) treasure seem to have given rise to the apparently divergent sense 2: see quot. 1974. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > land > landscape > low land > hole or pit > [noun] > other types of hole posthole1703 dump1788 bladder-hole1789 moss-hag1790 money pit1820 butt-hole1897 sand-hole1897 scratch hole1923 1820 B. Silliman Remarks Tour Hartford & Quebec 121 In many places..we found money-pits dug; and, in one place, they told us, that a man bought of a poor widow, the right of digging on her ground for hidden treasure. 1883 J. De Mille Old Garth 15 An iron wheel which had undoubtedly been used for the purpose of lowering the treasure into the money pit. 1953 T. P. Leary (title) The Oak Island enigma: a history and enquiry into the origin of the Money Pit. 1974 Forbes (Nexis) 15 Nov. Since its discovery in 1795, the ‘money pit’ maze of flooded tunnels on the reputed onetime pirate lair of Oak Island, Nova Scotia, has lured and licked an army of amateur treasure hunters. 1992 Nova Scotia Travel Guide 251/1 Nearby is Oak Island, whose ‘money pit’ has mystified treasure seekers for almost two centuries. 2. colloquial. A major drain on financial resources, a waste of money; spec. a house in need of expensive repairs or maintenance. ΚΠ 1984 People (Nexis) 12 Nov. 35 A Steven Spielberg film is in the works: it's called The Money Pit, a remake of the 1948 comedy Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House. 1986 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 8 Apr. c4/3 Such a database is a true money pit, and finding consumers willing to shovel in the money to fill it is a formidable task. 1988 What Mortgage May 60/3 You would have probably have saved yourself thousands of pounds in the costs of repairing a real ‘money pit’. 1994 Western Living Oct. 3/3 A money-pit bungalow transformed into a country-cottage dream home. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1820
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