scrap ironn.

Etymology: < scrap n.¹

1. Iron which has already been cast or wrought and broken up or cast aside for re-casting or re-working; broken pieces and small articles of old and disused ironwork. Also attributive. scrap wrought iron, scrap consisting of pieces of malleable iron, which when re-cast produces a superior iron.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > refuse or rubbish > [noun] > scrap iron

old iron1383

scrap iron1823

society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > metal > iron > [noun] > type of iron > scrap iron

old iron1383

stub1394

stub-nail1639

scrap iron1823

nut-iron1825

scrap1846

1823 ‘J. Bee’ Slang 214 Mere ‘gatherers of scrap~iron’.

1839 Civil Engineer & Architect's Jrnl. 2 432/2 The bolts to be of the best scrap iron.

1862 Times 13 Aug. 4/2 In another..process scrap wrought iron is melted in admixture with pig iron.

1891 Labour Commission Gloss. (at cited word) In Government yards, where they do not sell old boilers, &c. these are broken up and the pieces are placed in heaps (scrap heaps) and sold as old iron. Men employed at this are said to be on scrap iron work.

2. figurative. An alcoholic drink of poor quality. U.S. slang.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > types or qualities of intoxicating liquor > [noun] > inferior

swilling1545

pigwash1604

hogwash1610

tiffa1635

rag water1699

necessity1748

wash1819

bellywash1840

Hoochinoo1877

hooch1897

pink-eye1900

shypoo1901

King Kong1937

scrap iron1942

Montana gin1986

1942 Z. N. Hurston in Amer. Mercury July 85 Maybe a shot of scrap-iron or a reefer.

1958 Washington Post 1 Nov. 1/1 A trio of investigators warned the drinking public yesterday to beware of a new bootleg concoction, ‘scrap iron’, noted more for its voltage than vintage.

1970 C. Major Dict. Afro-Amer. Slang 101 Scrap iron, bad liquor.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online September 2021).

单词	scrap iron
释义	scrap ironn. Etymology: < scrap n.¹ 1. Iron which has already been cast or wrought and broken up or cast aside for re-casting or re-working; broken pieces and small articles of old and disused ironwork. Also attributive. scrap wrought iron, scrap consisting of pieces of malleable iron, which when re-cast produces a superior iron. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > refuse or rubbish > [noun] > scrap iron old iron1383 scrap iron1823 society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > metal > iron > [noun] > type of iron > scrap iron old iron1383 stub1394 stub-nail1639 scrap iron1823 nut-iron1825 scrap1846 1823 ‘J. Bee’ Slang 214 Mere ‘gatherers of scrap~iron’. 1839 Civil Engineer & Architect's Jrnl. 2 432/2 The bolts to be of the best scrap iron. 1862 Times 13 Aug. 4/2 In another..process scrap wrought iron is melted in admixture with pig iron. 1891 Labour Commission Gloss. (at cited word) In Government yards, where they do not sell old boilers, &c. these are broken up and the pieces are placed in heaps (scrap heaps) and sold as old iron. Men employed at this are said to be on scrap iron work. 2. figurative. An alcoholic drink of poor quality. U.S. slang. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > types or qualities of intoxicating liquor > [noun] > inferior swilling1545 pigwash1604 hogwash1610 tiffa1635 rag water1699 necessity1748 wash1819 bellywash1840 Hoochinoo1877 hooch1897 pink-eye1900 shypoo1901 King Kong1937 scrap iron1942 Montana gin1986 1942 Z. N. Hurston in Amer. Mercury July 85 Maybe a shot of scrap-iron or a reefer. 1958 Washington Post 1 Nov. 1/1 A trio of investigators warned the drinking public yesterday to beware of a new bootleg concoction, ‘scrap iron’, noted more for its voltage than vintage. 1970 C. Major Dict. Afro-Amer. Slang 101 Scrap iron, bad liquor. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online September 2021). < n.1823
随便看	pension-proof pension-school pension-writ pensionability pensionable pensionably pensionaries pensionary pensionary of holland pensionary parliament pensionboarder pensiondwelling pensione pensioned pensioned off pensioned parliament pensioned-off pensionedoff pensioneer pensioneering pensioner pensioner guide pensioner messenger pensioner parliament pensioner-poverty