单词 | shargar |
释义 | shargarn. Scottish (chiefly north-eastern). A weak or emaciated person or animal; (also) a short bow-legged person.Recorded earliest as a modifier. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > bodily shape or physique > slim shape or physique > [noun] > thin shape > person having staffc1405 notomy1487 rakea1529 crag1542 scrag1542 sneakbill1546 starveling1546 slim1548 ghost1590 bald-rib1598 bare-bone1598 bow-case1599 atomy1600 sneaksbill1602 thin-gut1602 anatomya1616 sharg1623 skeleton1630 raw-bone1635 living skeleton1650 strammel1706 scarecrow1711 rickle of bones1729 shargar1754 squeeze-crab1785 rack of bones1804 thread-paper1824 bag of bones1838 dry-bones1845 skinnymalink1870 hairpin1879 slim jim1889 skinny1907 underweight1910 asthenic1925 ectomorph1940 skinny-malinky1957 matchstick1959 1754 R. Forbes Shop Bill in tr. Ovid Ajax his Speech (new ed.) 33 Far wary-draggle, an' sharger elf. 1820 G. Beattie in A. S. Mt. Cyrus G. Beattie: Poet (1863) 284 We'll put the sharger down—The wee, wee German lairdie O. 1874 G. MacDonald Malcolm xxv Maist mithers, gien there be a shargar..amo' their bairns, mak mair o' that ane nor o' a' the lave putten thegither. 1934 J. M. Caie Kindly North 49 Some are shargars, peer an' sma'. 2011 Aberdeen Press & Jrnl. (Nexis) 3 May 14 We were tellt tae pit them [sc. frogs] back tae the dam—weel the survivors, the orra breets that aet their ain shargers. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2022). < n.1754 |
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