pudding-prickn.

Brit.

/ˈpʊdɪŋˌprɪk/, U.S.

/ˈpʊdɪŋˌprɪk/

Forms: see pudding n. and prick n.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: pudding n., prick n.

Etymology: < pudding n. + prick n.

A slender wooden skewer (cf. prick n. 8) with which the ends of a gut or bag containing a pudding are fastened. Now rare. Often in proverbs and similative phrase, as the type of something small or valueless.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > equipment for food preparation > [noun] > skewer

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a1529 J. Skelton Magnyfycence (?1530) sig. Gi As huksters they hucke & they stycke And pynche at the payment of a poddynge prycke.

1533 J. Frith Bk. answeringe Mores Let. sig. Ivi Hys proue shall not be worth a podynge prycke.

1562 J. Heywood Epigr. vi. xix A pooddyng pricke is one, a mylpost is an other.

1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues at Arbre (We say of one that hath squandered away great wealth) hee hath thwitten a mill-post to a pudding pricke.

1756 in A. Pennecuik et al. Coll. Scots Poems ii. 42 De 'il nor it were hewn down for me, To puddin' pricks.

1798 D. Crawford Poems 95 Often have done greater tricks, Than split his stults to pudding-pricks.

1935 E. R. Eddison Mistress xvii. 347 Indeed I care not..a pudding-prick if you miscarry.

1993 K. L. Emerson Firebrand 11 ‘He waits below.’ Ellen saw the sparkle of imminent laughter in Jamie's eyes and on impulse added, ‘With a pudding prick.’

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	pudding-prick
释义	pudding-prickn. Brit. /ˈpʊdɪŋˌprɪk/, U.S. /ˈpʊdɪŋˌprɪk/ Forms: see pudding n. and prick n. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: pudding n., prick n. Etymology: < pudding n. + prick n. A slender wooden skewer (cf. prick n. 8) with which the ends of a gut or bag containing a pudding are fastened. Now rare. Often in proverbs and similative phrase, as the type of something small or valueless. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > equipment for food preparation > [noun] > skewer brochette1483 pudding-pricka1529 scuet1634 skiver1664 skewer1679 skivel1791 a1529 J. Skelton Magnyfycence (?1530) sig. Gi As huksters they hucke & they stycke And pynche at the payment of a poddynge prycke. 1533 J. Frith Bk. answeringe Mores Let. sig. Ivi Hys proue shall not be worth a podynge prycke. 1562 J. Heywood Epigr. vi. xix A pooddyng pricke is one, a mylpost is an other. 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues at Arbre (We say of one that hath squandered away great wealth) hee hath thwitten a mill-post to a pudding pricke. 1756 in A. Pennecuik et al. Coll. Scots Poems ii. 42 De 'il nor it were hewn down for me, To puddin' pricks. 1798 D. Crawford Poems 95 Often have done greater tricks, Than split his stults to pudding-pricks. 1935 E. R. Eddison Mistress xvii. 347 Indeed I care not..a pudding-prick if you miscarry. 1993 K. L. Emerson Firebrand 11 ‘He waits below.’ Ellen saw the sparkle of imminent laughter in Jamie's eyes and on impulse added, ‘With a pudding prick.’ This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1529
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