Sears-Roebuckadj.

/sɪəzˈrəʊbʌk/

Forms: also Sears and Roebuck.

Etymology: < the name of the U.S. merchandising firm of Sears, Roebuck and Co.

U.S. slang.

Used allusively of an inexperienced, ‘green’, or amateurish person, or of something cheap or of little value.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > [adjective] > of little worth

undearc897

little worthc1175

sorry1372

petitc1390

simplec1440

noughty1508

quadrant1589

weak1600

cheapa1604

patch panel1606

unprizablea1616

petite1766

Sears-Roebuck1917

society > education > learning > learner > [adjective] > novice or beginner

younglinga1250

novice1530

freshmanly1568

elementary1601

neophyte1601

initiatea1616

novitious1619

abecedarian1633

tironizinga1660

novitial1778

neophytic1856

neophytish1897

rookie1902

tironic1909

Sears-Roebuck1917

1917 R. Lord Captain Boyd's Battery, A.E.F. (1919) ii. 23 Two tents of Shavetails (i.e. Reverse Officers, Ninety-Day Wonders, Sears & Roebuck Specials,..etc.) have been attached to us for instruction purposes.

1930 Our Army Jan. 4 He's a regular Sears-Roebuck product; three months of training, three tons of dignity and three ounces of horse sense.

1932 Amer. Speech 7 270 Sears-Roebuck driller, an inexperienced and incapable driller.

1942 L. V. Berrey & M. Van den Bark Amer. Thes. Slang §21/14 Cheap; paltry... Sears-Roebuck.

1971 M. Tak Truck Talk 137 Sears-Roebuck license, the license said to be held by an inferior driver.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online March 2019).

单词	sears-roebuck
释义	Sears-Roebuckadj. /sɪəzˈrəʊbʌk/ Forms: also Sears and Roebuck. Etymology: < the name of the U.S. merchandising firm of Sears, Roebuck and Co. U.S. slang. Used allusively of an inexperienced, ‘green’, or amateurish person, or of something cheap or of little value. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > [adjective] > of little worth undearc897 little worthc1175 sorry1372 petitc1390 simplec1440 noughty1508 quadrant1589 weak1600 cheapa1604 patch panel1606 unprizablea1616 petite1766 Sears-Roebuck1917 society > education > learning > learner > [adjective] > novice or beginner younglinga1250 novice1530 freshmanly1568 elementary1601 neophyte1601 initiatea1616 novitious1619 abecedarian1633 tironizinga1660 novitial1778 neophytic1856 neophytish1897 rookie1902 tironic1909 Sears-Roebuck1917 1917 R. Lord Captain Boyd's Battery, A.E.F. (1919) ii. 23 Two tents of Shavetails (i.e. Reverse Officers, Ninety-Day Wonders, Sears & Roebuck Specials,..etc.) have been attached to us for instruction purposes. 1930 Our Army Jan. 4 He's a regular Sears-Roebuck product; three months of training, three tons of dignity and three ounces of horse sense. 1932 Amer. Speech 7 270 Sears-Roebuck driller, an inexperienced and incapable driller. 1942 L. V. Berrey & M. Van den Bark Amer. Thes. Slang §21/14 Cheap; paltry... Sears-Roebuck. 1971 M. Tak Truck Talk 137 Sears-Roebuck license, the license said to be held by an inferior driver. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online March 2019). < adj.1917
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