Pooh-stickn.

Brit.

/ˈpuːstɪk/, U.S.

/ˈpuˌstɪk/

Forms: also with lower-case initial.

Origin: From a proper name, combined with an English element. Etymons: proper name Pooh , stick n.¹

Etymology: < the name of Pooh (more fully Winnie-the-Pooh ), a character created by Alan Alexander Milne (1882–1956), English writer + stick n.¹ (see quot. 1928 at sense 1).

1. In plural. A game in which sticks are thrown into a river from the upstream side of a bridge, the winner being the person whose stick emerges first on the other side.

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muss1591

pushpin1598

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a penny in the forehead1602

buckerels1649

bumdockdousse1653

peck-point1653

toro1660

wheelbarrow1740

thread-needle1751

thrush-a-thrush1766

runaway ring?1790

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rap-jacket1870

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step1909

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Pooh-sticks1928

trick or treat1928

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dab cricket1938

Urkey1938

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seven-up1950

squashed tomato1959

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Pog1993

knights-

1928 A. A. Milne House at Pooh Corner vi. 94 And that was the beginning of the game called Poohsticks, which Pooh invented, and which he and his friends used to play on the edge of the Forest. But they played with sticks instead of fir-cones, because they were easier to mark.

1972 Times 16 May 10/4 He spends most of his time playing pooh-sticks.

1974 C. Milne Enchanted Places viii. 58 We used to stand on Pooh-sticks Bridge throwing sticks into the water and watching them float away..until they re-emerged on the other side.

1979 Guardian 16 May 1/1 The horde of visitors who..chuck[ed] a twig or two into the sun-dappled stream in honour of the bear of very little brain who invented Poohsticks.

2004 Independent (Nexis) 31 Mar. 8 At the 21st annual Pooh sticks race in Wittenham, Oxfordshire, the Czech Republic won the team gold medal.

2. As a singular count noun: a stick used in this game.

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1959 Horn Bk. Mag. Feb. 62 Although A. A. Milne lived in Chelsea, he had a summer home in the Ashdown Forest, Sussex, and it is here that we hope to see Owl's House and Pooh Corner, and to throw Pooh sticks off the bridge.

1987 Times 5 Jan. 3 (caption) Clutching a teddy, Laura Glover, aged 10, prepares to launch her Pooh-stick into the Thames from the bridge at Little Wittenham in Oxfordshire yesterday.

2016 Globe & Mail (Toronto) (Nexis) 15 Aug. (Ontario ed.) a6 Even on this day, in low season, the 435-horsepower jet boat is tossed about like a Pooh stick in the current.

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

单词	pooh-stick
释义	Pooh-stickn. Brit. /ˈpuːstɪk/, U.S. /ˈpuˌstɪk/ Forms: also with lower-case initial. Origin: From a proper name, combined with an English element. Etymons: proper name Pooh , stick n.¹ Etymology: < the name of Pooh (more fully Winnie-the-Pooh ), a character created by Alan Alexander Milne (1882–1956), English writer + stick n.¹ (see quot. 1928 at sense 1). 1. In plural. A game in which sticks are thrown into a river from the upstream side of a bridge, the winner being the person whose stick emerges first on the other side. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > children's game > other children's games > [noun] > others buckle-pit1532 marrowbone1533 put-pin?1577 primus secundus1584 fox in the hole1585 haltering of Hick's mare1585 muss1591 pushpin1598 Jack-in-the-box1600 a penny in the forehead1602 buckerels1649 bumdockdousse1653 peck-point1653 toro1660 wheelbarrow1740 thread-needle1751 thrush-a-thrush1766 runaway ring?1790 Gregory1801 pick-point1801 fighting cocks1807 runaway knock1813 tit-tat-toe1818 French and English1820 honeypots1821 roly-poly1821 tickle-tail1821 pottle1822 King of Cantland1825 tip-top-castle1834 tile1837 statue1839 chip stone1843 hen and chickens1843 king of the castle1843 King Caesar1849 rap-jacket1870 old witch1881 tick-tack-toe1884 twos and threes1896 last across (the road)1904 step1909 king of the hill1928 Pooh-sticks1928 trick or treat1928 stare-you-out1932 king of the mountain1933 dab cricket1938 Urkey1938 trick-or-treating1941 seven-up1950 squashed tomato1959 slot-racing1965 Pog1993 knights- 1928 A. A. Milne House at Pooh Corner vi. 94 And that was the beginning of the game called Poohsticks, which Pooh invented, and which he and his friends used to play on the edge of the Forest. But they played with sticks instead of fir-cones, because they were easier to mark. 1972 Times 16 May 10/4 He spends most of his time playing pooh-sticks. 1974 C. Milne Enchanted Places viii. 58 We used to stand on Pooh-sticks Bridge throwing sticks into the water and watching them float away..until they re-emerged on the other side. 1979 Guardian 16 May 1/1 The horde of visitors who..chuck[ed] a twig or two into the sun-dappled stream in honour of the bear of very little brain who invented Poohsticks. 2004 Independent (Nexis) 31 Mar. 8 At the 21st annual Pooh sticks race in Wittenham, Oxfordshire, the Czech Republic won the team gold medal. 2. As a singular count noun: a stick used in this game. ΚΠ 1959 Horn Bk. Mag. Feb. 62 Although A. A. Milne lived in Chelsea, he had a summer home in the Ashdown Forest, Sussex, and it is here that we hope to see Owl's House and Pooh Corner, and to throw Pooh sticks off the bridge. 1987 Times 5 Jan. 3 (caption) Clutching a teddy, Laura Glover, aged 10, prepares to launch her Pooh-stick into the Thames from the bridge at Little Wittenham in Oxfordshire yesterday. 2016 Globe & Mail (Toronto) (Nexis) 15 Aug. (Ontario ed.) a6 Even on this day, in low season, the 435-horsepower jet boat is tossed about like a Pooh stick in the current. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1928
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