Pickfordn.

Brit.

/ˈpɪkfəd/, U.S.

/ˈpɪkfərd/

Origin: From a proper name. Etymon: proper name Pickford.

Etymology: < the name of T. & M. Pickford & Co. (later Pickfords), a transport and household removals company.The Pickford family, originally of Adlington, Cheshire, first established a haulage business in the 17th cent.

British. Now rare.

attributive and in the genitive. Designating a van or other vehicle used by Pickfords to carry furniture or bulky loads. Also absol. (sometimes in plural or in the genitive): a Pickfords van; (also figurative and in extended use) a person or thing whose actions, operations, etc., resemble those of a removals vehicle or firm.

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1827 T. Hood Mary's Ghost in Whims & Oddities 2nd Ser. 17 As for my trunk, it's all pack'd up To go by Pickford's van.

1833 C. Mathews Let. 8 Oct. in A. Mathews Mem. C. Mathews (1839) IV. 205 It will be lighter for posting than any travelling carriage now in his yard. It cannot be called a Pickford, at any rate.

1864 Chambers's Jrnl. 5 Mar. 152 The ubiquitous Pickford breaks the street-lamps, by going too near to the pavement.

1865 C. Dickens Our Mutual Friend II. iv. xii. 263 The sanctuary was..a kind of criminal Pickford's. The lower passions and vices were regularly ticked off in the books, warehoused in the cells, carted away.

c1882 W. S. Gilbert Iolanthe ii. 272 Carry it? Of course he will! He's a Parliamentary Pickford—he carries everything!

1899 R. W. Buchanan Last Christians in New Rome 191 As for mother, she was berried too, thank God! One winter night Been run over by a Pickford.

1901 Daily Tel. 14 Nov. 4/5 I have seen a pair-horse Pickford tip coming up London Bridge.

1907 G. B. Shaw John Bull's Other Island p. xv We cannot crush England as a Pickford's van might crush a perambulator. We are the perambulator and England the Pickford.

1980 R. McCrum In Secret State ix. 74 ‘Keys to the boot, please, sir.’..Another constable..rummaged about among his books, papers and clothes. ‘A regular Pickfords.’

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	pickford
释义	Pickfordn. Brit. /ˈpɪkfəd/, U.S. /ˈpɪkfərd/ Origin: From a proper name. Etymon: proper name Pickford. Etymology: < the name of T. & M. Pickford & Co. (later Pickfords), a transport and household removals company.The Pickford family, originally of Adlington, Cheshire, first established a haulage business in the 17th cent. British. Now rare. attributive and in the genitive. Designating a van or other vehicle used by Pickfords to carry furniture or bulky loads. Also absol. (sometimes in plural or in the genitive): a Pickfords van; (also figurative and in extended use) a person or thing whose actions, operations, etc., resemble those of a removals vehicle or firm. ΚΠ 1827 T. Hood Mary's Ghost in Whims & Oddities 2nd Ser. 17 As for my trunk, it's all pack'd up To go by Pickford's van. 1833 C. Mathews Let. 8 Oct. in A. Mathews Mem. C. Mathews (1839) IV. 205 It will be lighter for posting than any travelling carriage now in his yard. It cannot be called a Pickford, at any rate. 1864 Chambers's Jrnl. 5 Mar. 152 The ubiquitous Pickford breaks the street-lamps, by going too near to the pavement. 1865 C. Dickens Our Mutual Friend II. iv. xii. 263 The sanctuary was..a kind of criminal Pickford's. The lower passions and vices were regularly ticked off in the books, warehoused in the cells, carted away. c1882 W. S. Gilbert Iolanthe ii. 272 Carry it? Of course he will! He's a Parliamentary Pickford—he carries everything! 1899 R. W. Buchanan Last Christians in New Rome 191 As for mother, she was berried too, thank God! One winter night Been run over by a Pickford. 1901 Daily Tel. 14 Nov. 4/5 I have seen a pair-horse Pickford tip coming up London Bridge. 1907 G. B. Shaw John Bull's Other Island p. xv We cannot crush England as a Pickford's van might crush a perambulator. We are the perambulator and England the Pickford. 1980 R. McCrum In Secret State ix. 74 ‘Keys to the boot, please, sir.’..Another constable..rummaged about among his books, papers and clothes. ‘A regular Pickfords.’ This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1827
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