单词 | norfolk |
释义 | Norfolkn. I. Compounds. 1. attributive. Designating things manufactured in, characteristic of, or peculiar to Norfolk. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > named regions of earth > Europe > British Isles > England > [adjective] > districts of England > specific counties Kentisha1100 Norfolk1407 Northumbrian1602 Somersetian1612 Sussexian1612 Sussexan1614 East Anglian1622 Suffolkian1622 Yorkshire1683 Cumbrian1780 Cornubian1782 broad-acred1898 the mind > language > languages of the world > Indo-Hittite > [adjective] > Indo-European > Germanic > English > of varieties of English north country1673 Mancunian1771 cockney1776 southernizing1861 Hiberno-English1864 Elizabethan1869 southernized1873 Welsh English1877 Norfolk1889 Tyneside1896 broguish1899 Anglo-Welsh1905 Oxford1928 Novocastrian1969 Konglish1975 Singlish1986 mockney1989 1379 in R. R. Sharpe Cal. Wills Court of Husting (1890) II. 207 (MED) [A bed of] Norfolk. 1382 in T. Rymer Fœdera (1709) VII. 356/2 Unum Indumentum de Panno Northfolch, foderatum de Panno Nigro. 1391 in J. Raine Testamenta Eboracensia (1836) I. 149 (MED) Lectum de opere Northfolch.] 1407–8 in W. H. Stevenson Rec. Borough Nottingham (1883) II. 52 (MED) Pro ij volets de Northfolk-thred. 1573 T. Tusser Points Huswifrie (new ed.) f. 29, in Fiue Hundreth Points Good Husbandry (new ed.) For Norfolke wyles, so full of guyles, Haue caught my toe. 1664 R. Codrington Proverbs in 2nd Pt. Youths Behaviour 191 Essex Stiles, Kentish Miles, Norfolk Wiles, many Men beguiles. 1669 J. Dryden Wild Gallant ii. i. 19 A parcel of melted Flints set in Gold, or Norfolk pebbles. a1726 J. Vanbrugh Journey to London (1728) i. ii. 15 Sir, here's Norfolk-nog to be had at next Door. 1765 G. Washington Diary (1925) I. 212 The upper part of [the garden]..is the Norfolk Turnep. 1787 J. Woodforde Diary 21 Apr. (1926) II. 319 Had a Letter..about some Norfolk Turnip Seed, Quality and Price. 1805 R. Parkinson Tour in Amer. 338 A few of the Norfolk lily-white, and some of the Norfolk green-top [turnips are in use]. 1889 A. J. Ellis On Early Eng. Pronunc. V. v. 260 Every one has heard of the Norfolk ‘drant’, or droning and drawling in speech. c1909 D. H. Lawrence Collier's Friday Night (1934) ii. 29 She is wearing a large blue felt hat and a Norfolk costume. 1958 Econ. Hist. Rev. 11 106 With a low productivity of both lambs and wool, what was the advantage of the Norfolk breed? 1994 Guardian 25 June (Weekend Suppl.) 63/3 There are an estimated 80,000 earth buildings in Britain. Around half of these are Devonshire cob, but there are numerous examples of..Norfolk clay lump. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > thread or yarn > [noun] > woollen > for sewing or knitting > specific Norfolk thread1407 garn1483 crewel1494 caddis1530 worsted yarn1533 worsted1546 fingering1681 German wool1807 wheel-spuna1825 Berlin wool1841 ice wool1876 Berlin1881 eis wool1882 quick-knit1935 bawneen1958 1407-8 [see sense 1]. 3. Norfolk tumbler n. a variety of lurcher. Now historical. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Canidae > hound > [noun] > lurcher tumbler1519 Norfolk tumbler1607 lurcher1668 tumbler dog1675 tumbler bitch1680 snap-dog1877 1607 T. Dekker & J. Webster West-ward Hoe ii. i. sig. B3v But now I'me as Lymber as an Antiant that has flourisht in the raine, and as Actiue as a Norfolk tumbler. 1897 Q. Rev. Jan. 141 Dogs are no longer trained as ‘Norfolk tumblers’, to attract the rabbits on the warrens by their quaint antics. 1959 E. Pound Thrones cvii. 114 Norfolk tumbler, a small sort of greyhound to Cecil. 4. Norfolk fool n. a cold dessert, resembling a trifle, consisting of layers of sliced manchet (manchet n. 1a) and spiced custard, with a decorative sweet topping, including sliced dates and comfits. historical and rare after early 18th cent. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > confections or sweetmeats > [noun] > other confections or sweet dishes pionade1302 spinee1381 pokerouncea1450 strawberry cream1523 pannag1540 alkermes1547 sugar-bread1587 snow1597 flammick1600 Norfolk fool1623 fool1653 chocolate cream1702 meringue1706 steeple cream1747 trifle1755 snowball1769 sweet bread1777 marrangle1809 meteor1820 mimpins1820 Nesselrode1835 meringué1845 Swiss cream1845 turban1846 coconut cream1847 panforte1865 yokan1875 bombe1892 Eton mess1896 meringue Chantilly1901 streusel1909 rocky road1920 ringocandy1922 stem ginger1922 dulce de leche1923 kissel1924 some-more1925 cream-crowdie1929 Pavlova cake1929 s'more1934 cranachan1946 sugar-on-snow1947 calavera1948 suji halwa1955 vacherin1960 zuppa inglese1961 brûlée1966 pav1966 delice1967 banoffi1974 macaroon1985 Nanaimo1991 macaron1993 1623 G. Markham Countrey Contentments, or Eng. Huswife (new ed.) sig. A4 (table of contents) To make a Norffolke Foole. 1673 H. Woolley Gentlewomans Compan. 141 A Norfolk-Fool. Take a quart of thick sweet Cream, and set it a boiling in a clear scoured Skillet, with some large Mace, and whole Cinamon; having boiled a little while, take the yolks of five or six Eggs beaten well, and put to it [etc]. 1733 Cook's & Confectioner's Dict. (ed. 4) To make a Norfolk Fool. 2015 D. Goldstein Oxf. Compan. Sugar & Sweets 264/2 An early fool without fruit was Norfolk fool, popular in the seventeenth century. 5. Norfolk plover n. the stone curlew, Burhinus oedicnemus. Now English regional. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Charadriiformes > [noun] > genus Burhinus (thick-knees) > burhinus oedicnemus (stone curlew) caladriea1425 whistling plover1668 stone curlew1678 stone plover1678 great plovera1705 Norfolk plover1766 stone-snipe1785 1766 T. Pennant Brit. Zool. ii. 127 The Norfolk Plover. 1840 E. Blyth et al. Cuvier's Animal Kingdom 235 This is the Stone Curlew, Whistling or Norfolk Plover, as it is variously designated. 1899 Living Age 1 July 38/1 In other parts of England they are known as ‘Norfolk plovers,’ or the ‘great plover,’ or the ‘thick-kneed bustard’. 1950 A. W. Boyd Coward's Birds Brit. Isles (rev. ed.) 2nd Ser. 251 The Stone-Curlew, Great Plover, Norfolk Plover or Thick-knee.., has many names, none of which is specially local. 1964 B. Campbell Oxf. Bk. Birds 82/1 The round head, short bill, and long legs suggest a plover, hence this species' local name of Norfolk plover. 1979 Jrnl. Biogeogr. 6 288/2 The Norfolk Naturalists' Trust urged the Commission to preserve 485 ha of the estate unplanted as a ‘typical area of Breckland’, where the Norfolk plover could breed. 6. Norfolk turkey n. (a) a turkey reared in Norfolk (b) figurative (in quot. 1774) = Norfolk dumpling n. 2. ΘΚΠ the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Europe > British nation > English nation > [noun] > native or inhabitant of England > Norfolk Norfolk dumpling1608 Norfolk turkey1774 1774 D. Garrick Let. 5 Oct. (1963) III. 963 No Norfolk Turkies load the Waggon, Which once the Horses scarce could drag on. 1786 S. Woodforde Diary 15 Jan. (1832) III. 95 Mrs. Davie sent as a present a Norfolk Turkey weighing 12 pounds. 1811 A. de Beauclerc Ora & Juliet I. 100 I shall..shew them the difference of a highly-educated person, and the boorish manners of those Norfolk turkeys. 1840 Penny Cycl. XVI. 262/1 Norfolk turkeys are well known as of peculiar size and delicacy. 1946 Trollopian 1 21 A flash of Dickensian ecstasy lights up a passage in chapter 24, that sketches Mr. Moulder cutting up a roast Norfolk turkey on the same holiday. 1966 Times 28 Dec. 9/5 Norfolk turkey..although it should be treated warily when it turns up on a British Railways menu, has a good chance of being the real thing. 1992 Caterer & Hotelkeeper 6 Aug. 24/2 Norfolk Turkey. Look out for bronze turkeys for a better flavour. 7. Norfolk sheep n. a sheep of a breed characteristic of Norfolk; spec. the Norfolk Horn (see Norfolk Horn n. at sense 13); a sheep of this breed. Now historical. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > genus Ovus > [noun] > Ovus Aries (domestic sheep) > specific breeds or members of mug1596 down1721 Shropshire1768 Norfolk sheep1778 Ryeland1786 Southdown1786 Persian1794 Leicester1798 Southdowner1799 Ryeland1802 loaghtan1812 Manx loaghtan1812 herdwick1837 Wallachian1837 Norfolk1851 Teeswater1861 bluefaced Leicester1864 Rough Fell1871 Border Leicester1873 Mexican1878 Cheviot1883 fat-tail1888 pampas1892 pampas sheep1895 turbary1908 karakul1913 East Friesian1949 Texel1949 Norfolk Horn1961 Colbred1962 1778 Farmer's Mag. iii. 170 The fleeces of small Norfolk sheep will in general weigh from one to two pounds. 1794 A. Young Gen. View Agric. Suffolk xiii. 33 The Norfolk breed of sheep spread over almost every part of the county.] 1812 T. Quayle Gen. View Agric. Isle of Man xiv. 112 Among the Norfolk sheep, individuals occasionally appeared of a rusty brown color. 1855 G. Emerson Farmer's & Planter's Encycl. Rural Affairs (new ed.) 988/1 There was more resemblance to the deer in the Norfolk sheep than has been observed in any other species. 1928 Sci. Monthly June 559/1 The heavy Lincolnshire and light Norfolk sheep, though bred together, when turned out on pasture separate to a sheep in a short time. 1951 Econ. Geogr. 27 85/2 The old Norfolk sheep had vanished before the superior claims of the Norfolk half-bred. 8. Norfolk capon n. ironic = red herring n. 1b (cf. capon n. 3). Cf. Welsh rabbit n. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > animals for food > seafood > [noun] > fish > cured fish > smoked fish red herringa1399 bloat herringa1586 fumade1599 sore1600 Yarmouth capona1661 kipper1769 finnana1774 Norfolk capon1785 bukkama1805 soldier1811 bloater1832 Yarmouth bloater1832 finnie haddie1851 Californian1873 smoky1891 two-eyed steak1893 finney1906 buckling1909 lox1937 nova1964 1785 F. Grose Classical Dict. Vulgar Tongue Norfolk capon, a red herring. 1836 Individual 15 Nov. 27 A Norfolk capon is jolly grub. 1880–4 F. Day Fishes Great Brit. & Ireland II. 210 A red herring..is also known as a Norfolk capon. 1904 Mod. Lang. Notes 19 132/1 Welsh rabbit, the technical name of a brown gravy poured on toast, is of jocular origin (cf. Norfolk capon = ‘red herring,’ Irish apricots = ‘potatoes’. 1973 Times 15 Feb. 14/3 Like the Norfolk Capon (a red herring)..the Welsh Rabbit is a time-honoured joke. 1999 Financial Times (Nexis) 1 May (Food & Drink section) 14 The word is ‘rabbit’: a humorous description akin to ‘Scotch woodcock’ or a ‘Norfolk capon’. 9. Norfolk spaniel n. [once associated with the estates of the Duke of Norfolk] the English springer spaniel. Now historical. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Canidae > other types of dog > [noun] > spaniel > land or water > varieties of springer1749 King Charles1780 English springer1808 Marlborough dog1822 cocker spaniel1829 Marlborough1831 Blenheim1839 Norfolk spaniel1845 King Charles1848 Sussex spaniel1856 field spaniel1859 clumber1865 Norfolk1867 Japanese spaniel1880 Welsh springer1903 Tibetan spaniel1905 Brittany spaniel1936 Brittany1945 1845 W. Youatt Dog ii. 45 From a cross with the terrier a black and tan variety was procured, which was cultivated by the late Duke of Norfolk, and thence called the Norfolk Spaniel. 1867 ‘Stonehenge’ Dogs Brit. Islands i. iii. 40 The Norfolk spaniel is now seldom to be obtained mute. 1945 C. L. B. Hubbard Observer's Bk. Dogs 65 The old name of Norfolk Spaniel..is obsolete. 10. Norfolk Crag n. Geology = Norwich Crag n. at Norwich n. 2c. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > structure of the earth > age or period > stratigraphic units > [noun] > tertiary or Cenozoic > Pliocene spec. Norfolk Crag1846 Norwich Crag1850 Suffolk crag1852 1846 W. M. Buchanan Technol. Dict. Norfolk Crag, an English tertiary formation belonging to the older pliocene, and consisting of irregular beds of ferruginous sandy clay mixed with marine shells. 1871 W. A. Miller Elements Chem. (ed. 3) ii. 422 In the Norfolk crag considerable deposits of brown rounded pebbles occur, known under the name of coprolites. 1923 Man 23 99 I have been able to study a great number of the examples obtained by him from the beds below the Norfolk crag. 1967 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) B. 253 163 (caption) Norfolk Crag Molluscan Assemblages. 11. a. Norfolk jacket n. a loosely fitting jacket with a waistband, originally worn chiefly for shooting, fishing, cycling, etc., but in later use also as a fashion garment (cf. sense 18). ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for body or trunk (and limbs) > [noun] > jacket > loose baju1820 shirt-jacket1826 camisole1847 Norfolk jacket1866 jigger1957 1866 J. Macgregor Thousand Miles in Rob Roy Canoe i. 9 The ‘Norfolk jacket’ is a loose frock-coat, like a blouse, with shoulder-straps, and belted at the waist, and garnished by six pockets. 1893 Earl of Dunmore Pamirs II. 276 An English-made Norfolk jacket. 1898 G. B. Shaw Widowers' Houses in Plays I. 4 You have nothing but that Norfolk jacket. 1969 Queen 17–30 Sept. 76 Norfolk jacket in cream leather; long side vents; belt..45 gns. 1994 Amer. Lit. 66 326 The fat lady in the yachting cap was going shopping, not boating; the man in the Norfolk jacket and Tyrolean hat was returning, not from a mountain, but an insurance office. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for body or trunk (and limbs) > [noun] > bodice > blouse > types of jerkinetc1686 shell1802 shirt1840 Garibaldi1862 shirt-bodice1868 Norfolk blouse1869 shirtwaist1871 shirt-blouse1876 guimpe1889 overblouse1889 middy1894 blouse coat1898 pneumonia blouse1902 jumper1908 kimono blouse1908 sailor top1913 buba1937 1869 Pall Mall Gaz. 19 Aug. 11/2 They are all clad in a tidy little suit, which consists generally of a black serge tunic loose like a Norfolk blouse, and drawn in at the waist, and a pair of short trouser of the same stuff, or else a jacket and trousers in one. 1887 Girl's Own Paper 29 Oct. 75/3 A Norfolk blouse with pleats. c. Norfolk suit n. a suit consisting of a Norfolk jacket and knee breeches (cf. sense 18). Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > set or suit of clothes > [noun] > other shiftc1570 under-suita1586 doublet and hose1603 siropa1671 frock-clothes1769 costume1797 poncho dress1811 tongs1845 Eton suit1859 sailor's suit1869 Prince Albert1873 Norfolk suit1880 sailor suit1880 ready-made1882 Etons1888 buster suit1903 Mallaby-Deeley1920 tiddly suit1943 utility1945 shell suit1973 Mao suit1993 gansey2009 1880 Temple Bar Feb. 229 He suddenly espies..a girl in a coarse Norfolk suit of tweed and trim, thick, solid little boots, coming quickly over the soddened leaves. 1896 Junior Army & Navy Stores Catal. p. xxxvi/2 Norfolk Jackets..Suits. 1913 C. Mackenzie Sinister St. I. i. vii. 112 An exciting Monday spent in buying a Norfolk suit and Eton collars. 1938 J. Cary Castle Corner iii. 116 He was seen every day walking about Knockeen with his solemn, fierce air and his smartest norfolk suits. 1962 C. Day Lewis Gate 50 The stiff, shy, blinking man in a norfolk suit. 12. Norfolk reed n. the common reed, Phragmites australis, as grown in East Anglia for use in thatching. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > a grass or grasses > reedy or aquatic grasses > [noun] > reed or the reed plant reedeOE spirea1425 pole-reed1578 pool reed1587 reed-grass1597 marsh-reed1797 flag-reed1833 Phragmites1840 toi-toi1843 fox's foot1853 spire reed1863 trumpet reed1866 bango1899 kamish1902 Norfolk reed1952 society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > plants, grasses, or reeds > [noun] > for thatching > reed reeda1398 spear1794 spear reed1812 Norfolk reed1952 1925 E. G. Blake Roof Coverings ii. 18 The reeds are grown principally in the eastern counties, especially on the Norfolk Broads.] 1952 Oxf. Junior Encycl. VI. 440 A well-bedded thatch of Norfolk reed..has been known to last as long as 50 years. 1971 Country Life 18 Nov. 1403/1 The great tithe barn at Tisbury, in Wiltshire, has just been re-thatched with Norfolk reed. 1995 J. Fearn Thatch & Thatching 27 Norfolk reed is ideal for its purpose, being long, tough and straight, allowing no gaps in the imperceptibly mingled blocks of reed. 13. Norfolk Horn n. a breed of sheep native to Norfolk, characterized by a wiry build, black face and legs, and the presence of horns in both rams and ewes; a sheep of this breed. Frequently attributive. Similarly Norfolk Horned. Cf. sense 15.The original Norfolk Horn became extinct as a pure breed in the 1970s, but cross-breeding with the Suffolk Horn successfully recreated the breed, which for a time was referred to as the ‘New Norfolk Horn’. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > genus Ovus > [noun] > Ovus Aries (domestic sheep) > specific breeds or members of mug1596 down1721 Shropshire1768 Norfolk sheep1778 Ryeland1786 Southdown1786 Persian1794 Leicester1798 Southdowner1799 Ryeland1802 loaghtan1812 Manx loaghtan1812 herdwick1837 Wallachian1837 Norfolk1851 Teeswater1861 bluefaced Leicester1864 Rough Fell1871 Border Leicester1873 Mexican1878 Cheviot1883 fat-tail1888 pampas1892 pampas sheep1895 turbary1908 karakul1913 East Friesian1949 Texel1949 Norfolk Horn1961 Colbred1962 1926 Live Stock Jrnl. 8 Jan. 43/2 Some Norfolk and Suffolk rams had horns no less than 35 to 37 in. long.] 1961 Agriculture Mar. 642 The Norfolk Horn..is generally believed to have a common ancestry with the various members of the Blackface tribe in the Heath sheep and..the Argali sheep of central Asia. 1969 I. L. Mason World Dict. Livestock Breeds, Types & Varieties (ed. 2) 231 Norfolk Horned... syn[onyms] Blackface Norfolk Horned, Norfolk Horn, Old Norfolk, Old Norfolk Horned. 1972 Country Life 16 Mar. 606/2 On November 9, 1971 the last adult ram of the Norfolk Horn breed died. 1989 S. G. Hall & J. Clutton-Brock 200 Years Brit. Farm Livestock xv. 189 In 1986 the percentage of Norfolk Horn blood was high enough..for the [Rare Breeds Survival] Trust to accept the breed and for it to be renamed Norfolk Horn. 14. Norfolk terrier n. a breed of terrier similar to the Norwich terrier (of which it was formerly regarded a variety), but characterized by drop ears; a dog of this breed. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Canidae > terrier > [noun] > Norwich terrier Norwich terrier1931 Norfolk terrier1964 Norwich1971 1964 Kennel Gaz. Oct. 419/2 On September 22, 1964, the General Committee of the Kennel Club agreed to register drop-eared Norwich Terriers as Norfolk Terriers, a separate breed and not a variety. 1971 F. Hamilton World Encycl. Dogs 463 The Norfolk Terrier was, until September 1964, the drop-eared Norwich Terrier. 1994 Dog World June 168/1 The Norfolk Terrier, game and hardy, with expressive dropped ears, is one of the smallest of the working terriers. II. Simple uses. 15. A Norfolk sheep. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > genus Ovus > [noun] > Ovus Aries (domestic sheep) > specific breeds or members of mug1596 down1721 Shropshire1768 Norfolk sheep1778 Ryeland1786 Southdown1786 Persian1794 Leicester1798 Southdowner1799 Ryeland1802 loaghtan1812 Manx loaghtan1812 herdwick1837 Wallachian1837 Norfolk1851 Teeswater1861 bluefaced Leicester1864 Rough Fell1871 Border Leicester1873 Mexican1878 Cheviot1883 fat-tail1888 pampas1892 pampas sheep1895 turbary1908 karakul1913 East Friesian1949 Texel1949 Norfolk Horn1961 Colbred1962 1851 Encycl. Americana XIII. 249/2 Some of the English fine woolled sheep, as the Norfolk and South Down, have black or gray faces and legs. 1958 Econ. Hist. Rev. 11 106 While Kent and Marshall supported the retention of Norfolks, Young was contemptuous of the breed. 1989 S. G. Hall & J. Clutton-Brock 200 Years Brit. Farm Livestock xv. 189 The leanness of Suffolk meat has also been attributed to the Norfolk. 16. The dialect of Norfolk. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > languages of the world > Indo-Hittite > [noun] > Indo-European > Germanic > English > British English > English English north country1698 west country1711 Yorkshire1717 Kenticism1735 English English1783 cockney1812 Cockneyese1823 East Angliana1825 Somersetian1825 Northumbrian1845 Norfolk1863 Kentish1866 Doric1870 Kensingtonian1911 Mummerset1915 Geordie1928 Hoxtoniana1935 scouse1963 mockney1967 Kensington1968 Liverpudlian1985 Jafaican2006 MLE2006 Multicultural London English2006 1863 E. FitzGerald Let. 8 June (1889) I. 290 On Thursday I went to Lynn: which I really took a Fancy to: the odd old houses..the civil, Norfolk-talking, People. 1895 W. Rye Gloss. Words E. Anglia p. vii The following specimens of modern Norfolk have been handed to me by correspondents. 1954 M. Sharp Gipsy in Parlour i. ii. 26 Their..conversation flowed in a spate of broad Devonian varied by an occasional touch of Norfolk from Charlotte. 1967 M. Home Winter Harvest vii. 88 He spoke the broadest Norfolk I've ever heard. 1992 B. Unsworth Sacred Hunger ii. 16 The voice rather deep, vibrant, softened by the growling inflections of Norfolk. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Canidae > other types of dog > [noun] > spaniel > land or water > varieties of springer1749 King Charles1780 English springer1808 Marlborough dog1822 cocker spaniel1829 Marlborough1831 Blenheim1839 Norfolk spaniel1845 King Charles1848 Sussex spaniel1856 field spaniel1859 clumber1865 Norfolk1867 Japanese spaniel1880 Welsh springer1903 Tibetan spaniel1905 Brittany spaniel1936 Brittany1945 1867 ‘Stonehenge’ Dogs Brit. Islands i. iii. 40 The Norfolk is one of the four descriptions of spaniels known as ‘springers’. 18. In plural: a Norfolk suit. In later use also (in singular): a Norfolk jacket. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for body or trunk (and limbs) > [noun] > jacket > other duffel coat1683 duffel jacket1732 petenlair1753 grego1767 wamus1805 camisole1816 over-jacket1830 matinee1851 Zouave1859 paletot1863 blazer1880 Norfolks1902 letter sweater1914 letter jacket1934 bomber jacket1940 shirt-jac1944 samfu jacket1955 guru jacket1966 Mao jacket1967 1902 E. Nesbit Five Children & It ii. 47 Nine pockets in my Norfolks. 1913 Sat. Evening Post (Philadelphia) 22 Feb. 2 (advt.) Young women who can wear the overcoats and Norfolks made for young men, will find some interesting pages in the book. 1969 R. T. Wilcox Dict. Costume 248/1 The coat of the Duke of Norfolk's hunting suit, the first ‘Norfolk’, appeared in the 1880's with knickerbockers, a revival of knee breeches for day wear. 1970 S. J. Perelman Baby, it's Cold Inside 28 Where'd you get that Norfolk?.. Brooks hasn't carried that model in years. 19. A Norfolk terrier. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Canidae > terrier > [noun] > other types of Irish terrier1798 Dandie Dinmont1851 Welsh terrier1857 Bedlington1867 Jack Russell1878 Airedale1880 Clydesdale1887 Border terrier1894 Manchester terrier1894 Sealyham1894 schnauzer1899 pinscher1906 Cairn terrier1910 Kerry blue terrier1922 Lakeland terrier1928 wheaten1943 Sydney silky1945 Manchester1971 Norfolk1971 wire1975 1971 F. Hamilton World Encycl. Dogs 464 The Norfolk has terrific energy; so much that it is nearly impossible to tire it. 1993 Dog World June 155/2 (advt.) Norfolks for loving and companionship. Raised in our home. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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