parlour-jumpingparlor-jumpingn.

Brit.

/ˈpɑːləˌdʒʌmpɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈpɑrlərˌdʒəmpɪŋ/

Forms: 1800s– parlour-jumping, 1900s– parlor jumping (chiefly U.S.).

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: parlour n., jumping n.

Etymology: < parlour n. + jumping n., probably after parlour-jumper n. Compare later parlour-jump v.

slang (disused).

The action or practice of robbing a room, esp. by entering through a window.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > burglary > [noun] > by entering (unfastened) door or window

sneak-thieving1859

parlour-jumping1879

1879 Autobiogr. of Thief in Macmillan's Mag. 40 500 I palled in with some older hands at the game, who used to take me parlour-jumping.

1925 N. Lucas Autobiogr. Crook vii. 98 My pals went in for every known form of getting other people's property... ‘Drumming’, ‘parlor jumping’, ‘whizzing’.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	parlour-jumping
释义	parlour-jumpingparlor-jumpingn. Brit. /ˈpɑːləˌdʒʌmpɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈpɑrlərˌdʒəmpɪŋ/ Forms: 1800s– parlour-jumping, 1900s– parlor jumping (chiefly U.S.). Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: parlour n., jumping n. Etymology: < parlour n. + jumping n., probably after parlour-jumper n. Compare later parlour-jump v. slang (disused). The action or practice of robbing a room, esp. by entering through a window. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > burglary > [noun] > by entering (unfastened) door or window sneak-thieving1859 parlour-jumping1879 1879 Autobiogr. of Thief in Macmillan's Mag. 40 500 I palled in with some older hands at the game, who used to take me parlour-jumping. 1925 N. Lucas Autobiogr. Crook vii. 98 My pals went in for every known form of getting other people's property... ‘Drumming’, ‘parlor jumping’, ‘whizzing’. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1879
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