单词 | piltdowner |
释义 | Piltdownern. Piltdown man; a prehistoric man. Frequently in extended use: a person of primitive appearance, intelligence, or behaviour. ΘΚΠ the world > people > protohuman > [noun] anthropolite1778 Neanderthal man1861 caveman1862 man1863 prehistoric man1863 Pithecanthropus1873 Java man1895 Homo erectus1904 Heidelberg1909 Eoanthropus1912 dawn man1913 Neanderthaler1913 Piltdown man1913 Aurignacian1915 Neanderthalian1920 Rhodesian man1921 Boskopoid1926 Peking man1926 Sinanthropus1927 Piltdown1931 Predmostian1931 Minnesota Man1932 Neanderthaloid1934 Steinheim1935 Gigantopithecus1936 Africanthropus1938 Paranthropus1938 Piltdowner1941 Meganthropus1942 Telanthropus1949 Saldanha Man1953 pithecanthropine1955 Nutcracker Man1959 Homo habilis1964 iceman1972 1941 Syracuse (N.Y.) Herald-Jrnl. 4 Apr. 28/5 It made states and governments possible—the original ‘social compact’... How could any early Piltdowner live under the peace of that pact for years and then..not do his trick at guard duty? 1950 K. MacGowan Early Man in New World iv. 63 The first of the skulls and the questionable jaw were found at different times near Piltdown, England. Except for three fragments of another Piltdowner, they are all we have of Homo eoanthropus dawsoni. 1954 A. Huxley in Encounter Feb. 11/1 In the tiny Natural History Museum at Idaho Falls, we found ourselves talking to two people from a far remote past... These were Piltdowners whose reaction to the stuffed grizzly was a remark about sizzling steaks of bear-meat. 1961 C. Willock Death in Covert i. 6 A big-boned, shambling man..with the stance of a Piltdowner. 1978 ‘J. Gash’ Gold from Gemini v. 37 He really talks like this, the Piltdowner. No wonder he's thick. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1941 |
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