单词 | plym |
释义 | Plymn. 1. humorous. A native or inhabitant of Plymouth. ΘΚΠ the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Europe > British nation > English nation > [noun] > native or inhabitant of England > other towns Oxonianc1540 Yarmouthian1614 Manchesterian1645 Novocastrian1645 wacker1768 Stratfordian1769 Mancunian1771 docker1791 Yorkist1796 Dicky Sam1820 Brummie1824 Liverpudlian1833 Yarmouth bloater1849 Exonian1871 Grimbarian1886 Cheltonian1887 Plym1913 Hoxtoniana1935 scouse1945 loiner1950 Scouser1959 Wulfrunian1959 Manc1961 pie eater1985 1913 W. Owen Let. 23 Apr. (1967) 185 I should enjoy treating at length of Plymouth and the Plyms, the charm of Devon, the many books I am not reading, [etc.]. 2. colloquial. A member of the Plymouth Brethren. ΘΚΠ society > faith > sect > Christianity > Protestantism > Plymouth Brethren > [noun] > person Plymouth brother1848 Plymouthite1851 Plymouthist1859 Darbyite1884 Plyma1949 a1949 W. E. Vine Coll. Writings (1996) IV. 350/1 The flippant or jocular way in which the appellation, or some modification of it such as ‘the P.B.'s’ or ‘the Plyms’, is sometimes used, is also to be deprecated. 1953 ‘N. Blake’ Dreadful Hollow ii. 20 Staying at a pub won't commend you to the Plyms. 1977 Times Lit. Suppl. 13 May 593/3 The solemn girl who turned him down, back in the 1890s, because of an apparent lack of religious conviction; she was what is known as a Plym. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1913 |
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