单词 | pobs |
释义 | pobsn. English regional (chiefly northern and midlands). Pieces of bread softened in milk; any food of a similar consistency. Cf. pap n.2 1. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > food otherwise characterized > [noun] > invalid or infants food milkeOE pap1286 pap-meat1440 kitchen physic1566 mammaday1593 suckling meatsc1610 embamma1623 kitchen medicine1684 pappy1807 pobs1824 baby food1832 pobbies1848 1824 W. Carr Horæ Momenta Cravenæ Pobs, Poddish, Porridge. 1894 H. Caine Manxman vi. iv He was ladling the pobs into the child's mouth. 1966 ‘L. Lane’ ABZ of Scouse 83 Go 'ome to yer pobs! 1984 ‘J. Gash’ Gondola Scam (1985) ii. 21 And soon the bloody hedgehog would be awake and come snuffling its saucer for pobs, greedy little swine. 2004 Evening Post (Nottingham) (Nexis) 9 July 26 Came the strike of Twenty Six, his union fought so hard, Sodding Churchill's grass for pobs and bread and lard. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1824 |
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