单词 | pie-biter |
释义 | pie-bitern. 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. ΘΚΠ 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). < n.1863 |
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