单词 | overscutched |
释义 | † overscutchedadj. Obsolete. Worn out, overused; battered, whipped. overscutched housewife n. an ill-treated woman; (perhaps) a prostitute who has been publicly whipped many times, a hardened prostitute. ΘΚΠ society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > [adjective] > unchaste or sexually compliant (of women) strumpeta1382 jadish1573 comingc1576 short heeled1591 loose in the hilts1598 loose-legged1598 loose-tailed1598 light-tailed1600 overscutched1600 stuprous1603 light-skirted1607 brothelly1608 light-heeled1611 wagtailed1648 loose-hilteda1652 feather-heeleda1674 loose-gowneda1717 frank1744 shake-tail1782 (a woman) of a certain description1803 hetaeric1868 round-heeled1926 floozy?1930 trampy1944 slack1951 slaggy1973 1600 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 2 iii. ii. 309 + 3 A came ouer in the rereward of the fashion, and sung those tunes to the ouer-schutcht huswiues, that he heard the Car-men whistle. 1813 W. Scott Bridal of Triermain iii. Introd. v. 124 For Harp's an over-scutched phrase, Worn out by bards of modern days. 1827 W. Scott Two Drovers Introd., in Chron. Canongate 1st Ser. I. xiii. 291 It is only an ass like Justice Shallow, who would pitch upon the over-scutched tunes, which the carmen whistled. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online June 2018). < adj.1600 |
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