old soldiern.

Brit.

/ˌəʊl(d) ˈsəʊldʒə/, U.S.

/ˌoʊl(d) ˈsoʊldʒər/

Forms: see old adj. and soldier n.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: old adj., soldier n.

Etymology: < old adj. + soldier n.

a. A person who used to serve in the army, or who has served in it a long time.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > soldier by type of service > [noun] > ex-soldier or ex-serviceman

veteran1577

old soldier1640

war veteran1906

VFW1920

Old Bill1925

oudstryder1942

1640 W. Vaughan Church Militant sig. A3 I sound not forth Old Souldiers turn'd to Swine By Harlots Charmes.

1673 Siege in W. Davenant Wks. iii. 72/1 Farewel good Sergeant, he's an old Soldier, He knows the enemies shoot no Sugar Plums.

1737 Gentleman's Mag. Nov. 651/2 The Officers were very apt to discharge an old Soldier, as often as they could find a clever well-look'd young Fellow ready to list in his Stead.

1768 L. Sterne Sentimental Journey I. 114 An old soldier..campaign'd and worn out to death in the service.

1863 N. Hawthorne Our Old Home II. 153 Old soldiers, I know not why, seem to be more accostable than old sailors.

1925 C. Wells Six Years in Malay Jungle xii. 180 The R.G.A. men were old soldiers and as smart as ninepins.

1937 F. B. Young They seek Country 326 There were many men of his kind, old soldiers, English and German, attached to the households of frontier Boers in those days.

1994 Guardian 31 Oct. i. 2/4 Many old soldiers—about 4 per cent are women—suffer from post-traumatic stress syndrome.

b. A person who is much practised or experienced in something; a worldly-wise person. Also: a shirker. Cf. soldier n. 1d, 2b.

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the world > action or operation > behaviour > customary or habitual mode of behaviour > [noun] > accustomedness > familiarity with a thing > one who has long experience

veteran1565

old stager1570

old, ancient, or long stander1590

stager1664

old soldier1722

old hand1764

warhorse1836

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > knowledge, what is known > experience > [noun] > one who experiences > and becomes knowing

old stager1570

old dog?1589

old file1700

old soldier1722

old robin1784

the world > action or operation > inaction > not doing > abstaining or refraining from action > [noun] > avoiding an action or condition > avoiding duty, work, or exertion > one who

skulkc1320

loundererc1425

old soldier1722

malingerer1785

skulker1785

shirker1799

shirk1818

slink1824

schemer1843

sconcer1843

scrimshanker1882

scrimshank1886

sooner1892

Weary Willie1896

slacker1898

slackster1901

sugarer1904

work-shy1904

gold brick1905

tired Tim (also Timothy)1906

lead-swinger1917

piker1917

gold-bricker1919

slinker1919

poler1938

skiver1941

1722 D. Defoe Hist. Col. Jack 117 The Captain, an old Soldier at such Work,..sets up a run after the Horse.

1811 J. G. Holman Gaz. Extraordinary iii. ii. 53 Oh! there is a deal of the old soldier about her.

1858 ‘G. Eliot’ Let. (1954) II. 511 He..will be as much interested as I shall be in knowing about the vicissitudes of Coventry journalism... He is an old soldier, and cares for battles of that sort.

1912 R. A. Freeman Singing Bone ii. 119 Poor Pratt was what you'd call an old soldier—sly, you know, sir—and a bit of a sneak.

1949 ‘J. Tey’ Brat Farrar xxvi. 239 Of all the ‘old soldier’ tricks to fall for!.. I ought to have my head examined.

1958 B. Hamilton Too Much of Water vi. 140 He's a bit of an old soldier, but a first-rate seaman, and a hundred per cent reliable at sea.

1994 R. Hellenga Sixteen Pleasures ii. 38 I was surrounded not by tourists but—even worse!—old Florence hands, old soldiers..displaying their knowledge of the city and its history.

c. colloquial. to come (also act, play, etc.) the old soldier (over a person) [compare come v. Phrases 2b] : to use one's greater age or experience to deceive (a person) or to shirk a duty.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > cheating, fraud > cheat, swindle [phrase] > get the better of

to do brown?1548

to give one the (or a) slampant1577

to play the merchant with1593

to come (or put) Yorkshire on one1700

to steal a march1716

to come (also act, play, etc.) the old soldier (over a person)1810

1810 C. James New Mil. Dict. (ed. 3) at Soldier Old soldier,..a shrewd and intelligent person. It sometimes means an individual who will not scruple to take advantage of the credulity or inexperience of others. Hence to come the old soldier over you.

1820 C. Robertson Corr. Bk. (1939) 138 It was now my turn to play the old soldier a little.

1823 W. Scott St. Ronan's Well II. v. 112 I should think he was coming the old soldier over me, and keeping up his game.

1835 H. Lane Five Years in State's Prison 11 He..set me to breaking up rocks, but it was so heavy I could not swing it:..the keeper would come and give me five or six raps with his cudgel every half hour, says he, ‘I'll learn you how to act the old soldier.’

1861 T. Hughes Tom Brown at Oxf. II. xvii. 331 But you needn't try to come the old soldier over me. I'm not quite such a fool as that.

1976 Economist (Nexis) 24 Jan. 18 There is some suspicion that he is coming the old soldier with Mr Mellish.

2001 Independent on Sunday 6 May i. 21/7 His life story..has been endlessly recycled in articles and books over the years, so he is shamelessly playing the old soldier.

d. Proverb. old soldiers never die (they simply fade away) and variants.

ΚΠ

1918 S. Sassoon Counter-attack 23 ‘Old soldiers never die; they simply fide a-why!’ That's what they used to sing.

1921 Times 1 Apr. 7/2 If ‘old soldiers never die’ Marshals never retire.

1930 J. Brophy & E. Partridge Songs & Slang Brit. Soldier: 1914–1918 ii. 67 Old soldiers never die—They simply fade away.

1957 A. Thirkwell Double Affair ix. 286 Old soldiers never die; but they do get older.

1979 Daily Tel. 31 Oct. 2 Old soldiers never die, but are given jobs in the Civil Service.

1989 Washington Post 4 July a23 Old soldiers never die, it is said; they only fade away. Opinions of the Supreme Court often follow the same course.

2. U.S. slang. The remaining part of a smoked cigar or of chewed tobacco; an empty liquor bottle.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > use of drugs and poison > tobacco > smoking > articles or materials used in smoking > [noun] > thing which may be smoked > cigar or cigarette > butt or end of

doup1710

butt end1827

old soldier1834

butt1847

stub1855

cigar-end1870

stub-end1875

cigarette-end1889

cigar-butt1891

snipe1891

fag end1892

fag1897

bumper1899

scag1915

cigarette-butt1923

dout1928

dog-end1934

roach1939

stompie1947

1834 W. A. Caruthers Kentuckian in N.Y. I. 12 I smokes the old sodgers what the gentlemen throws on the bar-room floor.

1869 ‘M. Twain’ in Buffalo Express 4 Sept. 1/1 A wooden box of sand, sprinkled with cigar stubs and ‘old soldiers’.

1877 in J. R. Bartlett Dict. Americanisms (ed. 4) 438 Ladies who swab our sidewalks,..And..Haul off old soldiers lying there at rest.

1936 Amer. Speech 11 304/1 Old soldier, ‘a partly-smoked cigar’... I have heard this more frequently as dead soldier, applied to empty beer or whiskey bottles but not to cigar butts.

Derivatives

old ˈsoldierism n. = old soldiering n.

ΚΠ

1866 R. S. Charnock Verba Nominale 217 Palmerstonism, old-soldierism; soft-soap.

1911 H. S. Harrison Queed xxii. 276 I think old-soldierism is the meanest profession the Lord ever suffered to thrive.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	old soldier
释义	old soldiern. Brit. /ˌəʊl(d) ˈsəʊldʒə/, U.S. /ˌoʊl(d) ˈsoʊldʒər/ Forms: see old adj. and soldier n. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: old adj., soldier n. Etymology: < old adj. + soldier n. 1. a. A person who used to serve in the army, or who has served in it a long time. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > soldier by type of service > [noun] > ex-soldier or ex-serviceman veteran1577 old soldier1640 war veteran1906 VFW1920 Old Bill1925 oudstryder1942 1640 W. Vaughan Church Militant sig. A3 I sound not forth Old Souldiers turn'd to Swine By Harlots Charmes. 1673 Siege in W. Davenant Wks. iii. 72/1 Farewel good Sergeant, he's an old Soldier, He knows the enemies shoot no Sugar Plums. 1737 Gentleman's Mag. Nov. 651/2 The Officers were very apt to discharge an old Soldier, as often as they could find a clever well-look'd young Fellow ready to list in his Stead. 1768 L. Sterne Sentimental Journey I. 114 An old soldier..campaign'd and worn out to death in the service. 1863 N. Hawthorne Our Old Home II. 153 Old soldiers, I know not why, seem to be more accostable than old sailors. 1925 C. Wells Six Years in Malay Jungle xii. 180 The R.G.A. men were old soldiers and as smart as ninepins. 1937 F. B. Young They seek Country 326 There were many men of his kind, old soldiers, English and German, attached to the households of frontier Boers in those days. 1994 Guardian 31 Oct. i. 2/4 Many old soldiers—about 4 per cent are women—suffer from post-traumatic stress syndrome. b. A person who is much practised or experienced in something; a worldly-wise person. Also: a shirker. Cf. soldier n. 1d, 2b. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > customary or habitual mode of behaviour > [noun] > accustomedness > familiarity with a thing > one who has long experience veteran1565 old stager1570 old, ancient, or long stander1590 stager1664 old soldier1722 old hand1764 warhorse1836 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > knowledge, what is known > experience > [noun] > one who experiences > and becomes knowing old stager1570 old dog?1589 old file1700 old soldier1722 old robin1784 the world > action or operation > inaction > not doing > abstaining or refraining from action > [noun] > avoiding an action or condition > avoiding duty, work, or exertion > one who skulkc1320 loundererc1425 old soldier1722 malingerer1785 skulker1785 shirker1799 shirk1818 slink1824 schemer1843 sconcer1843 scrimshanker1882 scrimshank1886 sooner1892 Weary Willie1896 slacker1898 slackster1901 sugarer1904 work-shy1904 gold brick1905 tired Tim (also Timothy)1906 lead-swinger1917 piker1917 gold-bricker1919 slinker1919 poler1938 skiver1941 1722 D. Defoe Hist. Col. Jack 117 The Captain, an old Soldier at such Work,..sets up a run after the Horse. 1811 J. G. Holman Gaz. Extraordinary iii. ii. 53 Oh! there is a deal of the old soldier about her. 1858 ‘G. Eliot’ Let. (1954) II. 511 He..will be as much interested as I shall be in knowing about the vicissitudes of Coventry journalism... He is an old soldier, and cares for battles of that sort. 1912 R. A. Freeman Singing Bone ii. 119 Poor Pratt was what you'd call an old soldier—sly, you know, sir—and a bit of a sneak. 1949 ‘J. Tey’ Brat Farrar xxvi. 239 Of all the ‘old soldier’ tricks to fall for!.. I ought to have my head examined. 1958 B. Hamilton Too Much of Water vi. 140 He's a bit of an old soldier, but a first-rate seaman, and a hundred per cent reliable at sea. 1994 R. Hellenga Sixteen Pleasures ii. 38 I was surrounded not by tourists but—even worse!—old Florence hands, old soldiers..displaying their knowledge of the city and its history. c. colloquial. to come (also act, play, etc.) the old soldier (over a person) [compare come v. Phrases 2b] : to use one's greater age or experience to deceive (a person) or to shirk a duty. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > cheating, fraud > cheat, swindle [phrase] > get the better of to do brown?1548 to give one the (or a) slampant1577 to play the merchant with1593 to come (or put) Yorkshire on one1700 to steal a march1716 to come (also act, play, etc.) the old soldier (over a person)1810 1810 C. James New Mil. Dict. (ed. 3) at Soldier Old soldier,..a shrewd and intelligent person. It sometimes means an individual who will not scruple to take advantage of the credulity or inexperience of others. Hence to come the old soldier over you. 1820 C. Robertson Corr. Bk. (1939) 138 It was now my turn to play the old soldier a little. 1823 W. Scott St. Ronan's Well II. v. 112 I should think he was coming the old soldier over me, and keeping up his game. 1835 H. Lane Five Years in State's Prison 11 He..set me to breaking up rocks, but it was so heavy I could not swing it:..the keeper would come and give me five or six raps with his cudgel every half hour, says he, ‘I'll learn you how to act the old soldier.’ 1861 T. Hughes Tom Brown at Oxf. II. xvii. 331 But you needn't try to come the old soldier over me. I'm not quite such a fool as that. 1976 Economist (Nexis) 24 Jan. 18 There is some suspicion that he is coming the old soldier with Mr Mellish. 2001 Independent on Sunday 6 May i. 21/7 His life story..has been endlessly recycled in articles and books over the years, so he is shamelessly playing the old soldier. d. Proverb. old soldiers never die (they simply fade away) and variants. ΚΠ 1918 S. Sassoon Counter-attack 23 ‘Old soldiers never die; they simply fide a-why!’ That's what they used to sing. 1921 Times 1 Apr. 7/2 If ‘old soldiers never die’ Marshals never retire. 1930 J. Brophy & E. Partridge Songs & Slang Brit. Soldier: 1914–1918 ii. 67 Old soldiers never die—They simply fade away. 1957 A. Thirkwell Double Affair ix. 286 Old soldiers never die; but they do get older. 1979 Daily Tel. 31 Oct. 2 Old soldiers never die, but are given jobs in the Civil Service. 1989 Washington Post 4 July a23 Old soldiers never die, it is said; they only fade away. Opinions of the Supreme Court often follow the same course. 2. U.S. slang. The remaining part of a smoked cigar or of chewed tobacco; an empty liquor bottle. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > use of drugs and poison > tobacco > smoking > articles or materials used in smoking > [noun] > thing which may be smoked > cigar or cigarette > butt or end of doup1710 butt end1827 old soldier1834 butt1847 stub1855 cigar-end1870 stub-end1875 cigarette-end1889 cigar-butt1891 snipe1891 fag end1892 fag1897 bumper1899 scag1915 cigarette-butt1923 dout1928 dog-end1934 roach1939 stompie1947 1834 W. A. Caruthers Kentuckian in N.Y. I. 12 I smokes the old sodgers what the gentlemen throws on the bar-room floor. 1869 ‘M. Twain’ in Buffalo Express 4 Sept. 1/1 A wooden box of sand, sprinkled with cigar stubs and ‘old soldiers’. 1877 in J. R. Bartlett Dict. Americanisms (ed. 4) 438 Ladies who swab our sidewalks,..And..Haul off old soldiers lying there at rest. 1936 Amer. Speech 11 304/1 Old soldier, ‘a partly-smoked cigar’... I have heard this more frequently as dead soldier, applied to empty beer or whiskey bottles but not to cigar butts. Derivatives old ˈsoldierism n. = old soldiering n. ΚΠ 1866 R. S. Charnock Verba Nominale 217 Palmerstonism, old-soldierism; soft-soap. 1911 H. S. Harrison Queed xxii. 276 I think old-soldierism is the meanest profession the Lord ever suffered to thrive. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online June 2022). old soldierv. Brit. /ˌəʊl(d) ˈsəʊldʒə/, U.S. /ˌoʊl(d) ˈsoʊldʒər/ Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: old soldier n. Etymology: < old soldier n., after to come the old soldier at old soldier n. 1c. Compare earlier old soldiering n. colloquial. transitive. To use flattery or deceit to persuade or cajole. Cf. to come the old soldier at old soldier n. 1c. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > cheating, fraud > treat fraudulently, cheat [verb (transitive)] > outwit, get the better of undergoa1325 circumvene1526 crossbitec1555 circumvent1564 gleek1577 outreach1579 fob1583 overreach1594 fub1600 encompassa1616 out-craftya1616 out-knave1648 mump1649 jockey1708 come1721 nail1735 slew1813 Jew1825 to sew up1837 to play (it) low down (on)1864 outfox1872 beat1873 outcraft1879 to get a beat on1889 old soldier1892 to put one over1905 to get one over on1912 to get one over1921 outsmart1926 shaft1959 1892 Pall Mall Gaz. 3 Aug. 5/2 Mr. W. R. tried to ‘old soldier’ him, but, as Harry said in sententious vernacular, ‘I wasn't having any.’ 1969 R. Ellmann Hemingway Circle in A Long Riverrun (1988) 200 Avid for medals himself—he old-soldiered General Lanham into giving him one at the close of the Second World War. 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old soldiern.

Derivatives

old soldierv.