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单词 pie-biter
释义

pie-bitern.

Brit. /ˈpʌɪˌbʌɪtə/, U.S. /ˈpaɪˌbaɪdər/, Australian English /ˈpɑeˌbɑetə/, /ˈpɑeˌbɑedə/
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: pie n.2, biter n.
Etymology: < pie n.2 + biter n.
Now rare.
1. Originally and chiefly U.S. colloquial. A person who eats pies; a person who has a particular fondness for pies; a greedy person or animal. Also figurative: a person who accepts political favours (cf. pie n.2 6, pie eater n.).
ΘΚΠ
the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > eating > eating specific substances or food > [noun] > eating of other substances > eaters of other substances
fig-eater1552
cheese eater1603
oat-eatera1668
bean-eater1710
cake eater1791
gag-eater1820
haggis-eater1834
gum-chewer1850
pie-biter1863
nut-eater1878
toxiphagus-
society > authority > rule or government > politics > discreditable political activity > [noun] > political favour or patronage > one who
pie eatera1891
pie-biter1908
1863 J. Stuart Jrnl. 20 June in Contrib. Hist. Soc. Montana (1876) I. 231 We overtook George Hillerman (alias ‘Pie-Biter’).
1885 Daily Gaz. (Fort Wayne, Indiana) 6 Feb. 6/3 The Gazette pie-biter was furnished with some of the delicious triumphs of the chef's art.
1902 O. Wister Virginian ix. 104 He held out to his pony a slice of bread matted with sardines, which the pony expertly accepted. ‘You're a plumb pie-biter, you Monte,’ he continued.
1908 in W. R. Hunt North of 53° (1974) xxvi. 225 Persons interested in other points, and paid knockers and piebiters may pound and hammer until their auditors are deafened.
1938 K. Douthitt Romance & Dim Trails 106 [He was] better known over the northwest and in camp life as Pie Biter, because he was very fond of pie.
2. Australian slang (derogatory) = pie eater n.
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the mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > [noun] > one who is unimportant
unknownc1390
pawnc1450
semi-cipher?1550
bauble1570
Jack with the feather1581
nobody1583
winterling1585
squash1600
rush candle1628
niflec1635
nullity1657
nonentity1710
featherweight1812
underscrub1822
nyaff1825
small fish1836
no-account1840
little fish1846
peanut1864
commonplacer1874
sparrow-fart1886
Little Willie1901
pipsqueak1905
nebbish1907
pie-biter1911
blob1916
smallie1930
no-count1932
zilch1933
Mickey Mouse1935
muzhik1945
nerd1951
nothingburger1953
nerk1955
non-person1959
no-mark1982
1911 E. Dyson Benno 144 He was that angry with the South pie-biters, he didn't care what 'appened to 'em.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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