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单词 newark
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Newarkn.

Brit. /ˈnjʊək/, U.S. /ˈn(j)uwərk/
Origin: From a proper name. Etymon: proper name Newark.
Etymology: < Newark, the name of a city in New Jersey.
U.S. Only in attributive use.
1. Newark pippin n. a variety of apple. Now rare.
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1767 L. Morris & H. Roberts Let. 21 Feb. in B. Franklin Papers (1970) XIV. 58 A bundle of Newark Pippins, this Apple in the fall of the year has at least all the fragrance and excellency of Taste, that a Newtown Pippin has in the Spring.
1804 A. F. M. Willich Domest. Encycl. III. 111/1 Newark Pippin... It is said to have been imported from France.
1845 A. J. Downing Fruits & Fruit Trees Amer. viii. 121 Newark Pippin... A handsome and very excellent early winter variety.
1905 S. A. Beach et al. Apples of N.Y. I. 223 Newark Pippin... This is an apple of the Fall Pippin group, of good size, attractive yellow color and excellent quality.
2. Designating a kind of cider made in Newark. Chiefly in Newark cider. Obsolete.Also Newark champagne: see quot. 1866.
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1787 in T. F. De Voe Market Bk. (1862) I. 181 (New) Jersey, a Burlington ham and Newark cyder.
1843 J. J. Audubon Birds of Amer. VI. 21 A jug of sparkling Newark cider stands nigh.
1866 Harper's Mag. Apr. 637/2 Let us take the domestic instance of Newark Champagne... It is submitted, that when the manufacturers of Newark cider so perfected that beverage that it could not be distinguished from certain brands of Champagne wine..this result was an undoubted advance in the chemical arts.
1870 R. Tomes Bazaar Bk. Decorum 136 He will be sure to detect the Newark cider in your Champagne bottle.
3. Newark wagon n. a kind of light carriage (see quot. 1858). Obsolete. rare.
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1858 S. P. Avery Harp of Thousand Strings 289 A well-known sporting character of the city had made a bet that he would drive his ‘Newark waggon’ (a light carriage with two horses) the whole length of Broadway.
4. Designating a system of recording library book loans in which the date of borrowing is recorded on the book, the book card, and the borrower's ticket.
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1910 A. E. Bostwick Amer. Public Libr. 45 In the type of two-card system known as the ‘Newark’ system.., an additional record of the date is made on a flap attached to the inside of the book.
1961 T. Landau Encycl. Librarianship (ed. 2) 261/1 Newark charging system, the method of recording book loans which is most widely used in America.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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