α. 1700s 2000s– sluttikin.
β. 1700s sluttikins.
单词 | sluttikin |
释义 | sluttikinn.α. 1700s 2000s– sluttikin. β. 1700s sluttikins. Now rare. An impudent, boldly flirtatious, or wanton young woman.Chiefly attested in the writings of Jonathan Swift (1667–1745), where it is used as a term of endearment or as a playful or affectionate form of address for a woman. Now only in historical contexts. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > disorder > confusion or disorder > untidiness > [noun] > personal untidiness > woman > little sluttikin1710 1710 J. Swift Jrnl. to Stella 30 Nov. (2013) 78 I'll break your head in good earnest, young woman, for your nasty jest about Mrs Barton. Unlucky sluttikin, what a word is there? 1711 J. Swift Jrnl. to Stella 29 Aug. (1948) I. 347 But what care you who is privy-seal, saucy sluttikins? 2007 C. Clark Nature of Monsters viii. 68 ‘You impudent sluttikin,’ he goaded, the words greased with butter. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2020; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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