单词 | shortarm |
释义 | > as lemmasshort-arm short-arm n. ΚΠ 1902 Daily Chron. 3 May 8/6 As if he were going to do a short-arm balance on the parallel bars. 1908 Installation News 2 45/2 Used for concealed work, in conjunction with a screwed shortarm bend or tee. short-arm short-arm adj. (a) designating a punch thrown with the arm not fully extended; also elliptical as n.; (b) slang (originally and chiefly Military), designating an inspection of the penis for venereal disease or other infection; also elliptical as n. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > diagnosis or prognosis > examination > [adjective] > other types of examination autoscopic1862 short-arm1906 the world > movement > impact > striking > striking with specific thing > [adjective] > with the hand > with the fist > with arm not extended short-arm1906 1906 ‘H. McHugh’ Skiddoo! 10 To the Bury Little Bunch of Newspaper knockers who have so assiduously plied hammer and harpoon since this series began, I want to say that 575,000 John Henry books were sold up to March 1st, 1906. There is your answer, O Beloved of the Short Arm Jab! 1911 J. Masefield Everlasting Mercy 11 Billy bats Some stinging short-arms in my slats. 1919 in Wine, Women & War (1926) 307 Short arm inspection between vomits. Doctor sicker than patients. 1953 Sun (Baltimore) 5 Jan. (B ed.) 12/5 At the Gay street station you are taken to the second floor for a brief physical check, the army ‘short-arm’, given in this case to see if anything has turned up since your preinduction physical. 1975 C. Allen Plain Tales from Raj xv. 159 Periodical medical checks, known as ‘short arm inspections’, ensured that any man who availed himself of the ‘tree rats’ or ‘grass bidis’ was properly dealt with. 1978 M. Puzo Fools Die xl. 450 Before you go to bed with a guy, give him a short arm... You strip down his penis, you know, like you're masturbating him, and if there's a yellow fluid coming out like a drippage, you know he's infected. < as lemmas |
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