单词 | sleigh-ride |
释义 | sleigh-riden. 1. A ride in a sleigh. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > riding in a vehicle > [noun] > a ride in a vehicle > ride in a sleigh sleigh-ride1770 1770 J. Hiltzheimer Diary 2 Apr. (1893) 20 Took a sleigh ride, the ‘five mile round’, with wife, sister, and son Tommy. 1828 H. J. Finn et al. Whimwhams 22 Such worthy gentlemen happen to remember..a winter's breakfast at a country inn, after a sleigh-ride of ten miles for an appetite. 1849 H. W. Longfellow Kavanagh xii Last week we had a sleigh-ride, with six white horses. 1902 W. D. Hulbert Forest Neighbors (1903) 181 Not even a sleigh-ride on a winter's night can set the live blood dancing as it will dance and tingle up there above the clouds. 1956 E. B. White Let. 14 Jan. (1976) 412 I am cheered up when I see our political giants discovering that the lil ole writing game isn't quite the sleighride they like to think it is. 2. U.S. slang. The action of taking a narcotic drug, usually cocaine; the euphoria resulting from taking a narcotic drug. Usually in to take (go on) a sleigh ride and variants. Cf. snow n.1 5d. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > use of drugs and poison > [noun] habit1887 misuse1890 sleigh-ride1925 sleigh-riding1934 scoring1967 substance abuse1967 the world > physical sensation > use of drugs and poison > effects of drugs > [noun] > drug-induced euphoria rush1834 sleigh-ride1925 high1944 1925 Flynn's 4 Apr. 818/2 Sleigh-ride, a jab of morphine from a hypodermic syringe, or the resulting state of intoxication. 1928 M. C. Sharpe Chicago May xxxi. 286 Taking a sleigh ride, getting morphine. 1938 D. Castle Do your Own Time xxix. 251 ‘He took to going on sleigh rides.’ ‘No! Where the hell did he get the snow?’ 1942 Detective Fiction Apr. 56/2 Julio is very fond of his hop. Anything from the weed to a sniff of snow. Suppose he gets on a big sleigh ride and talks out of turn. 1963 ‘D. Shannon’ Death of Busybody iv. 52 It was just some dope out on a sleigh-ride. 3. U.S. slang. An implausible or false story; a hoax, a deliberate deception. Frequently in to take (someone) for a sleigh ride, to mislead (someone). Cf. ride n.2 Phrases 5 (a). ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > deceive [phrase] to blear the eyesc1325 to play mock-holiday with?1558 on a lock1598 to put the change upon (also on) (a person)1658 to play false1680 to draw (pull, spread) the wool over (a person's) eyes1839 to lead (a person) up the garden (path)1923 to pull a fastie1931 to take (someone) for a sleigh ride1931 to pull a swiftie1945 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > cheating, fraud > trickery, playing jokes > [noun] > false tale bam1728 bronze1817 canard1843 bluff1846 sleigh-ride1931 blag1962 1931 G. Irwin Amer. Tramp & Underworld Slang 172 An absolutely impossible or unlikely idea or action, or..the cheating or fleecing of a victim... ‘We gave him a sleigh ride’—we cheated him by a false story or by sharp practice. 1942 L. V. Berrey & M. Van den Bark Amer. Thes. Slang §202/2 Incredible story, sleigh ride. 1950 Sun (Baltimore) 13 Mar. 1/1 House Republicans, charging that the taxpayers are being taken for a ‘bureaucratic sleighride’. 1960 H. Wentworth & S. B. Flexner Dict. Amer. Slang 486/2 Sleighride, an instance of being cheated, believing a lie, or being taken advantage of. Almost always in the expression ‘taken for a sleighride’. Derivatives sleigh-ride v. intransitive (a) to ride in a sleigh; (b) to take a narcotic drug. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > use of drugs and poison > take drugs [verb (intransitive)] sleigh-ride1845 drug1893 dope1909 to hit the gong, gow, stuff1933 use1951 to get down1952 to turn on1954 goof1962 joy-pop1962 to drop acid1966 society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > riding in a vehicle > ride in a vehicle [verb (intransitive)] > in a sleigh or sledge slead1689 sleigh1728 sled1780 sleigh-ride1845 sledge1853 1845 S. Judd Margaret iii. 407 In winter, we sleigh-ride, coast, skate, snow-ball. 1915 G. Bronson-Howard God's Man vi. iii. 376 Whadda you been doing?—sleigh~riding? Stick to the long bamboo, Charley—that snow's awful bad for the imagination. 1949 Summit Valley Times (Argo, Illinois) 1 Dec. 4/3 Santa, who now reigns the Christmas card realm, in 1919 managed to sleighride onto only a handful of cards for children. 1977 H. Waugh Secret Room of Morgate House (1978) xxxiv. 164 Between times they sleighrode, and even walked. ˈsleigh-rider n. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > use of drugs and poison > [noun] > drug-user drug-taker1800 sleigh-rider1833 abuser1847 user1935 joy-popper1936 popper1967 substance abuser1967 society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > riding in a vehicle > [noun] > one who rides in a vehicle > rider in sleigh sleigher1830 sleigh-rider1833 1833 Knickerbocker 1 207 Arrived at the Plains, the sleigh riders stopped at a tavern. 1883 Wheelman 1 434 I was making my first trial of it [sc. a bicycle] in the snow, among the sleigh-riders. 1915 G. Bronson-Howard God's Man vii. i. 409 Petty's kind had been profitable ‘sleigh-riders’ when he provided ‘snow’ on Seventh Avenue. 1929 Detective Fiction Weekly 13 Apr. 599/1 He's a sleigh rider. You know, sniffs coke. Made a fortune writing papers for booze hustlers and has spent every dime of it on snow. ˈsleigh-riding n. ΘΚΠ society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > riding in a vehicle > [noun] > riding in a sleigh or sledge sledding1713 carrioling1769 sleighing1775 sleigh-riding1807 sledging1853 the world > physical sensation > use of drugs and poison > [noun] habit1887 misuse1890 sleigh-ride1925 sleigh-riding1934 scoring1967 substance abuse1967 1807 Salmagundi 24 Jan. 9 He recollects perfectly the time when young ladies used to go a sleigh riding..without their mammas. 1934 C. de Lenoir Hundredth Man i. 13 Sniffing heroin or cocaine is ‘sleigh~riding’. 1982 J. Adair Founding Fathers xii. 267 The New Englanders adopted..skating and sleigh~riding from their Dutch neighbours. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1770 |
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