mopper-upn.

Brit.

/ˌmɒpərˈʌp/, U.S.

/ˌmɑpərˈəp/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: mop v.³, -er suffix¹, up adv.¹

Etymology: < mop v.³ + -er suffix¹ + up adv.¹ Compare slightly earlier mopping-up n.

A person who mops up (in various senses); spec. any of a group of soldiers detailed to clear and occupy an enemy area (usually in plural).

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > soldier with special duty > [noun] > others

artificera1553

man-catcher1649

stormer1655

sallier1685

pressmana1694

camp colour-man1753

sharpshooter1802

train soldier1833

escalader1849

adviser1854

outflanker1854

observer1870

spiker1884

mopper-up1917

slushy1919

wire-cutter1922

televisionary1925

flash-spotter1930

spotter1931

parashooter1940

parashot1940

bunker buster1944

sound-ranger1978

yomper1982

technical1992

1917 London Gaz. 26 Nov. 12330/1 Pte. Dancox was one of a party of about ten men detailed as moppers-up.

1919 W. H. Downing Digger Dial. 34 Mopper-up, (1) One of a party of men who follow the leading waves of an attack in order to clear the enemy from the ground behind the assaulting troops; (2) a drunkard.

1923 R. Kipling Irish Guards in Great War I. 230 The ‘mopper-up’ who dealt with the débris of attacks.

c1925 H. C. Wylly Hist. Queen's Royal Regiment VII. xxi. 217 Soon after noon the Battalion, with ‘D’ Company, 8th Norfolks (‘moppers-up’), were formed up in the open in their attacking lines.

1928 Mod. Lang. Rev. 23 136 His plan of attack is described on p. 174 of his Philosophy of Grammar; his ‘moppers up’ follow in the Modern English Grammar.

1936 Daily Tel. 15 Aug. 15/5 How..fascinating to know that your goods are coming to the London market by the Mopper Up.

1991 Economist 25 May 134 Government-sponsored enterprises..will survive unscathed and largely unregulated until their activities unleash another financial disaster; at which point this book will be a useful starting point for moppers-up.

2010 N. Hanson Monk Eastman xix. 237 The American moppers-up had been too anxious to join their comrades at the cutting edge of the attack, rather than completing the slow, tedious process of methodically clearing the ground.

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

单词	mopper-up
释义	mopper-upn. Brit. /ˌmɒpərˈʌp/, U.S. /ˌmɑpərˈəp/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: mop v.³, -er suffix¹, up adv.¹ Etymology: < mop v.³ + -er suffix¹ + up adv.¹ Compare slightly earlier mopping-up n. A person who mops up (in various senses); spec. any of a group of soldiers detailed to clear and occupy an enemy area (usually in plural). ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > soldier with special duty > [noun] > others artificera1553 man-catcher1649 stormer1655 sallier1685 pressmana1694 camp colour-man1753 sharpshooter1802 train soldier1833 escalader1849 adviser1854 outflanker1854 observer1870 spiker1884 mopper-up1917 slushy1919 wire-cutter1922 televisionary1925 flash-spotter1930 spotter1931 parashooter1940 parashot1940 bunker buster1944 sound-ranger1978 yomper1982 technical1992 1917 London Gaz. 26 Nov. 12330/1 Pte. Dancox was one of a party of about ten men detailed as moppers-up. 1919 W. H. Downing Digger Dial. 34 Mopper-up, (1) One of a party of men who follow the leading waves of an attack in order to clear the enemy from the ground behind the assaulting troops; (2) a drunkard. 1923 R. Kipling Irish Guards in Great War I. 230 The ‘mopper-up’ who dealt with the débris of attacks. c1925 H. C. Wylly Hist. Queen's Royal Regiment VII. xxi. 217 Soon after noon the Battalion, with ‘D’ Company, 8th Norfolks (‘moppers-up’), were formed up in the open in their attacking lines. 1928 Mod. Lang. Rev. 23 136 His plan of attack is described on p. 174 of his Philosophy of Grammar; his ‘moppers up’ follow in the Modern English Grammar. 1936 Daily Tel. 15 Aug. 15/5 How..fascinating to know that your goods are coming to the London market by the Mopper Up. 1991 Economist 25 May 134 Government-sponsored enterprises..will survive unscathed and largely unregulated until their activities unleash another financial disaster; at which point this book will be a useful starting point for moppers-up. 2010 N. Hanson Monk Eastman xix. 237 The American moppers-up had been too anxious to join their comrades at the cutting edge of the attack, rather than completing the slow, tedious process of methodically clearing the ground. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1917
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