mud-hookn.

Brit.

/ˈmʌdhʊk/, U.S.

/ˈmədˌ(h)ʊk/

Forms: 1800s– mud-hook, 1900s mud'ook.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: mud n.¹, hook n.¹

Etymology: < mud n.¹ + hook n.¹The form mud'ook in quot. 1918 at sense 1b represents a colloquial pronunciation.

a. slang. An anchor.

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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > anchoring equipment > [noun] > anchor

anchoreOE

mud-hook1827

1827 J. F. Cooper Red Rover I. ii. 44 He would..fasten her to the spot with good hempen cables and iron mud-hooks.

1846 Knickerbocker 27 511 Down fore-s'l and jib, and over with the mud-hook.

1874 W. M. Baines Narr. E. Crewe vii. 138 Cunningly drop your ‘mud-hook’ so that you exactly swing with the tide over the right spot.

1905 J. C. Lincoln Partners of Tide xii. 230 The partners agreed to undertake the job of recovering the lost ‘mud-hook’.

1927 ‘J. Barbican’ Confessions Rum-runner iv. 54 Tell that squint-eyed guinea to throw the mud-hook overboard.

1960 M. Sharcott Place of Many Winds x. 172 Gusts of wind tore their mud-hooks from the bottom of the anchorage.

1997 Pittsburgh Post-Gaz. (Nexis) 16 Sept. f6 Stormie gave the order to hoist the mudhook, or anchor.

b. Services' slang. The game of crown and anchor (see crown and anchor n. at crown n. Phrases 7); the board for this game; the anchor symbol on the dice in this game.

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society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > games of chance > dice-playing > [noun] > other dice games > board or cloth

snakeboard1688

sweat-cloth1872

mud-hook1918

1918 ‘Tommy’ If I goes West! 25 Forget old Billy Summers with his board at ‘crown and anchor’—‘The Mud'ook, boys, and now's the time to bet!’

1919 W. H. Downing Digger Dial. 34 Mud-hook, the anchor in the game of ‘Crown and Anchor’.

1943 J. L. Hunt & A. G. Pringle Service Slang 46 Mudhook, Army name for the Crown and Anchor board used surreptitiously by members of the forces.

1994 Daily Mail 7 May 46 The banker could often be heard calling..: ‘The old mud hook's badly backed. Any more for any more before we turn 'em up?’... The ‘mud hook’ referred to the anchor... This patter is still in use some 80 years later.

2. slang. A foot (esp. one which is large or clumsy); (similarly) a hand.

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the world > life > the body > external parts of body > limb > extremities > foot > [noun]

footOE

heelOE

toec1290

pettitoes1590

goers1612

hoofa1616

fetlock1645

stamper1652

fetterlock1674

pedestal1695

trotter1755

footsie1762

dew-beaters1811

pedal1838

mud-hook1850

tootsy1854

tootsicum1860

gun-boat1870

mundowie1880

plate of meat1887

trilby1895

dog1913

puppies1922

1850 L. H. Garrard Wah-to-Yah xx. 276 This ‘mudhook’, holding out his foot, hasn't a moccasin on for nothin'.

1884 Cent. Mag. Dec. 283/2 The boys called their feet ‘pontons’, ‘mud-hooks’, ‘soil excavators’ and other names not quite so polite.

a1897 F. B. Lloyd Sketches Country Life (1898) xl. 239 When a farmer goes to foolin with figgers he is puttin his mudhooks on powerful slippery ground.

1926 E. P. Norwood Other Side of Circus 176 Blime me if he hadn't kept a piece of my mud hook!

1941 S. J. Baker Pop. Dict. Austral. Slang 47 Mudhook. (1) A foot. (2) A hand.

1952 in H. Wentworth & S. B. Flexner Dict. Amer. Slang (1960) 347/2 C'mon, lift them mud hooks!

1975 R. J. McCaig Danger Trail 109 If that spalpeen could get his mudhooks on this shipment... A pretty profit he'd turn.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	mud-hook
释义	mud-hookn. Brit. /ˈmʌdhʊk/, U.S. /ˈmədˌ(h)ʊk/ Forms: 1800s– mud-hook, 1900s mud'ook. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: mud n.¹, hook n.¹ Etymology: < mud n.¹ + hook n.¹The form mud'ook in quot. 1918 at sense 1b represents a colloquial pronunciation. 1. a. slang. An anchor. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > anchoring equipment > [noun] > anchor anchoreOE mud-hook1827 1827 J. F. Cooper Red Rover I. ii. 44 He would..fasten her to the spot with good hempen cables and iron mud-hooks. 1846 Knickerbocker 27 511 Down fore-s'l and jib, and over with the mud-hook. 1874 W. M. Baines Narr. E. Crewe vii. 138 Cunningly drop your ‘mud-hook’ so that you exactly swing with the tide over the right spot. 1905 J. C. Lincoln Partners of Tide xii. 230 The partners agreed to undertake the job of recovering the lost ‘mud-hook’. 1927 ‘J. Barbican’ Confessions Rum-runner iv. 54 Tell that squint-eyed guinea to throw the mud-hook overboard. 1960 M. Sharcott Place of Many Winds x. 172 Gusts of wind tore their mud-hooks from the bottom of the anchorage. 1997 Pittsburgh Post-Gaz. (Nexis) 16 Sept. f6 Stormie gave the order to hoist the mudhook, or anchor. b. Services' slang. The game of crown and anchor (see crown and anchor n. at crown n. Phrases 7); the board for this game; the anchor symbol on the dice in this game. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > games of chance > dice-playing > [noun] > other dice games > board or cloth snakeboard1688 sweat-cloth1872 mud-hook1918 1918 ‘Tommy’ If I goes West! 25 Forget old Billy Summers with his board at ‘crown and anchor’—‘The Mud'ook, boys, and now's the time to bet!’ 1919 W. H. Downing Digger Dial. 34 Mud-hook, the anchor in the game of ‘Crown and Anchor’. 1943 J. L. Hunt & A. G. Pringle Service Slang 46 Mudhook, Army name for the Crown and Anchor board used surreptitiously by members of the forces. 1994 Daily Mail 7 May 46 The banker could often be heard calling..: ‘The old mud hook's badly backed. Any more for any more before we turn 'em up?’... The ‘mud hook’ referred to the anchor... This patter is still in use some 80 years later. 2. slang. A foot (esp. one which is large or clumsy); (similarly) a hand. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > external parts of body > limb > extremities > foot > [noun] footOE heelOE toec1290 pettitoes1590 goers1612 hoofa1616 fetlock1645 stamper1652 fetterlock1674 pedestal1695 trotter1755 footsie1762 dew-beaters1811 pedal1838 mud-hook1850 tootsy1854 tootsicum1860 gun-boat1870 mundowie1880 plate of meat1887 trilby1895 dog1913 puppies1922 1850 L. H. Garrard Wah-to-Yah xx. 276 This ‘mudhook’, holding out his foot, hasn't a moccasin on for nothin'. 1884 Cent. Mag. Dec. 283/2 The boys called their feet ‘pontons’, ‘mud-hooks’, ‘soil excavators’ and other names not quite so polite. a1897 F. B. Lloyd Sketches Country Life (1898) xl. 239 When a farmer goes to foolin with figgers he is puttin his mudhooks on powerful slippery ground. 1926 E. P. Norwood Other Side of Circus 176 Blime me if he hadn't kept a piece of my mud hook! 1941 S. J. Baker Pop. Dict. Austral. Slang 47 Mudhook. (1) A foot. (2) A hand. 1952 in H. Wentworth & S. B. Flexner Dict. Amer. Slang (1960) 347/2 C'mon, lift them mud hooks! 1975 R. J. McCaig Danger Trail 109 If that spalpeen could get his mudhooks on this shipment... A pretty profit he'd turn. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1827
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