orraadj.

Brit.

/ˈɒrə/, U.S.

/ˈɔrə/, Scottish English

/ˈɔrə/

Forms: pre-1700 oray, pre-1700 orray, pre-1700 orrey, pre-1700 1700s– ora, pre-1700 1700s– orra, 1700s–1800s orro, 1700s–1800s orrow, 1800s o'era', 1800s oora, 1800s orry, 1800s– orrie, 1900s– oary, 1900s– orie, 1900s– orrae.

Origin: Probably formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: over adv., English a , all adj.

Etymology: Probably a reduced form of a compound of over adv. (see variants s.v.) + a, variant of all adj. Eng. Dial. Dict. (at cited word) also records this word in use in northern England (from a 19th-cent. Border Glossary in the Collection of Prince Louis-Lucien Bonaparte (1813–91)).

Now Scottish.

Spare, superfluous, sundry, occasional; odd, different, strange, unmatched. Of a person, esp. a servant or labourer: unattached, without (fixed) employment; idle, disreputable.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > quantity > sufficient quantity, amount, or degree > excessive amount or degree > [adjective] > excessive or superfluous > superfluous or spare

sparea1556

orra1597

spareable1689

gash1938

society > occupation and work > lack of work > [adjective] > without fixed employment

orra1791

1597 in A. Macdonald & J. Dennistoun Misc. Maitland Club (1833) I. 129 Orray wemen—The quhilk day it is concludit..that na eldar..suffir ane singill woman that never hes bein mareit to dwell hir allane in ane hous undelaited to the sessioune.

1627 in G. I. Murray Rec. Falkirk Parish (1887) I. 61 [Annoyances caused by] iydle and orra persounes.

1664 in J. D. Marwick Extracts Rec. Burgh Glasgow (1905) III. 30 All single and orray weamen who desertis ther service and takis houssis.

1728 A. Ramsay Twa Cut-purses 5 And lay out ony ora-bodles On sma' gimcracks that pleas'd their noddles.

a1774 R. Fergusson Poems (1785) 154 Their orro pennies there to ware.

1791 J. Learmont Poems Pastoral 188 Come an' spend a' ye're orrow hours 'Mang groves an' glades.

1829 W. Scott Waverley (new ed.) I. ix. 90 May be catching a dish of trouts at an orra-time.

1886 R. L. Stevenson Kidnapped xxvii. 285 I daresay you would both take an orra thought upon the gallows.

1937 Border Mag. Aug. 123 I'm no saying that if the laddie had a sair throat or the auld man needed something to his tea, I couldna find an orra eke need be.

1981 Eng. World-wide 2 i. 6 Is Scotch no juist orra English?

2015 S. A. Paterson in Lallans 88 37 Shaw us thur orra Roads hame ithers cannae gan.

Compounds

orra-loon n. Scottish (north-eastern) = orraman n.

ΚΠ

1895 N. Roy Horseman's Word xx. 224 There was not a livin' soul about the place but Jamie, the orra-loon.

1918 W. Mutch Hev ye a Spunk? 35 The orra loon, puir stock, Was tyavin' wi' the rake an' makin' windlin's o' the brock.

1968 G. M. Williams From Scenes like These xi. 260 By Jove we worked to make this place right, worked, my father and my mother and then you and me, just one orra loon to help.

1980 D. K. Cameron Willie Gavin viii. 70 Sons who had gone to be orra-loon at some farm-town..would be summoned home for an evening or two.

1994 D. McLean Blackden 109 After leaving school, thirteen years old, he was taken on as orra loon at seven pound for a six-month fee at a big farmtoun at Strachan.

orraman n. a man employed, esp. on a farm, to do odd jobs rather than regular or specific work; an odd-job man.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > [noun] > odd-job or handyman

factotum1562

Magister factotum1573

Johannes factotum1592

Jack of all trades1618

Tom of all trades1631

John-of-all-trades1639

handyman1742

odd man1743

gimcrack1766

Jack of all work1773

orraman1802

bottle washer1835

Jack1836

odd-jobs man1859

roustabout1862

hob-jobber1873

rouster1882

odd-jobber1886

knockabout1889

orra-loon1895

rouser1896

trouncer1896

leatherneck1898

loppy1898

rouseabout1901

bluetongue2002

1802 J. Sibbald Chron. Sc. Poetry IV. (Gloss.) Orrow man, a day labourer.

1864 Cornhill Mag. Nov. 615 After sixty..he continues to work as what is called an orra man, that is, he does all sorts of odd jobs about the farm.

1937 F. Niven Staff at Simson's xxv. 243 Of his return the cashier was made aware by the arrival in his office of the odd-job man—the ‘orra man’.

1999 Herald (Glasgow) (Nexis) 10 May 19 Dod, the orraman and seasonal staffer, a man imbued with the ways of the land and the customs of the countryside, was keen to ensure that I got things right.

2014 J. Morrison Painting Labour Scotl. & Europe iv. 145 No farm could operate without an orraman and larger farms would employ several.

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

单词	orra
释义	orraadj. Brit. /ˈɒrə/, U.S. /ˈɔrə/, Scottish English /ˈɔrə/ Forms: pre-1700 oray, pre-1700 orray, pre-1700 orrey, pre-1700 1700s– ora, pre-1700 1700s– orra, 1700s–1800s orro, 1700s–1800s orrow, 1800s o'era', 1800s oora, 1800s orry, 1800s– orrie, 1900s– oary, 1900s– orie, 1900s– orrae. Origin: Probably formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: over adv., English a , all adj. Etymology: Probably a reduced form of a compound of over adv. (see variants s.v.) + a, variant of all adj. Eng. Dial. Dict. (at cited word) also records this word in use in northern England (from a 19th-cent. Border Glossary in the Collection of Prince Louis-Lucien Bonaparte (1813–91)). Now Scottish. Spare, superfluous, sundry, occasional; odd, different, strange, unmatched. Of a person, esp. a servant or labourer: unattached, without (fixed) employment; idle, disreputable. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > sufficient quantity, amount, or degree > excessive amount or degree > [adjective] > excessive or superfluous > superfluous or spare sparea1556 orra1597 spareable1689 gash1938 society > occupation and work > lack of work > [adjective] > without fixed employment orra1791 1597 in A. Macdonald & J. Dennistoun Misc. Maitland Club (1833) I. 129 Orray wemen—The quhilk day it is concludit..that na eldar..suffir ane singill woman that never hes bein mareit to dwell hir allane in ane hous undelaited to the sessioune. 1627 in G. I. Murray Rec. Falkirk Parish (1887) I. 61 [Annoyances caused by] iydle and orra persounes. 1664 in J. D. Marwick Extracts Rec. Burgh Glasgow (1905) III. 30 All single and orray weamen who desertis ther service and takis houssis. 1728 A. Ramsay Twa Cut-purses 5 And lay out ony ora-bodles On sma' gimcracks that pleas'd their noddles. a1774 R. Fergusson Poems (1785) 154 Their orro pennies there to ware. 1791 J. Learmont Poems Pastoral 188 Come an' spend a' ye're orrow hours 'Mang groves an' glades. 1829 W. Scott Waverley (new ed.) I. ix. 90 May be catching a dish of trouts at an orra-time. 1886 R. L. Stevenson Kidnapped xxvii. 285 I daresay you would both take an orra thought upon the gallows. 1937 Border Mag. Aug. 123 I'm no saying that if the laddie had a sair throat or the auld man needed something to his tea, I couldna find an orra eke need be. 1981 Eng. World-wide 2 i. 6 Is Scotch no juist orra English? 2015 S. A. Paterson in Lallans 88 37 Shaw us thur orra Roads hame ithers cannae gan. Compounds orra-loon n. Scottish (north-eastern) = orraman n. ΚΠ 1895 N. Roy Horseman's Word xx. 224 There was not a livin' soul about the place but Jamie, the orra-loon. 1918 W. Mutch Hev ye a Spunk? 35 The orra loon, puir stock, Was tyavin' wi' the rake an' makin' windlin's o' the brock. 1968 G. M. Williams From Scenes like These xi. 260 By Jove we worked to make this place right, worked, my father and my mother and then you and me, just one orra loon to help. 1980 D. K. Cameron Willie Gavin viii. 70 Sons who had gone to be orra-loon at some farm-town..would be summoned home for an evening or two. 1994 D. McLean Blackden 109 After leaving school, thirteen years old, he was taken on as orra loon at seven pound for a six-month fee at a big farmtoun at Strachan. orraman n. a man employed, esp. on a farm, to do odd jobs rather than regular or specific work; an odd-job man. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > [noun] > odd-job or handyman factotum1562 Magister factotum1573 Johannes factotum1592 Jack of all trades1618 Tom of all trades1631 John-of-all-trades1639 handyman1742 odd man1743 gimcrack1766 Jack of all work1773 orraman1802 bottle washer1835 Jack1836 odd-jobs man1859 roustabout1862 hob-jobber1873 rouster1882 odd-jobber1886 knockabout1889 orra-loon1895 rouser1896 trouncer1896 leatherneck1898 loppy1898 rouseabout1901 bluetongue2002 1802 J. Sibbald Chron. Sc. Poetry IV. (Gloss.) Orrow man, a day labourer. 1864 Cornhill Mag. Nov. 615 After sixty..he continues to work as what is called an orra man, that is, he does all sorts of odd jobs about the farm. 1937 F. Niven Staff at Simson's xxv. 243 Of his return the cashier was made aware by the arrival in his office of the odd-job man—the ‘orra man’. 1999 Herald (Glasgow) (Nexis) 10 May 19 Dod, the orraman and seasonal staffer, a man imbued with the ways of the land and the customs of the countryside, was keen to ensure that I got things right. 2014 J. Morrison Painting Labour Scotl. & Europe iv. 145 No farm could operate without an orraman and larger farms would employ several. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1597
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