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单词 souveniring
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souveniringn.

Brit. /ˌsuːvəˈnɪərɪŋ/, U.S. /ˌsuvəˈnɪ(ə)rɪŋ/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: souvenir n., -ing suffix1, souvenir v.
Etymology: Originally < souvenir n. + -ing suffix1. In later use partly also < souvenir v. + -ing suffix1.
1. The action of buying or shopping for souvenirs. rare.Recorded earliest in attributive use.
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1836 C. M. Sedgwick Let. 4 Feb. in M. E. Dewey Life & Lett. C. M. Sedgwick (1871) 252 To-day I have begun my souveniring campaign. I hope to get something from the English editions of the Linwoods.
1993 Jrnl. Sustainable Tourism 1 8 The most common of tourist activities, shopping, sightseeing and souveniring, can be the most invasive.
2. Chiefly Australian and New Zealand. The action of taking or keeping something as a souvenir or memento; (euphemistic) pilfering, petty theft. Cf. souvenir v. 2.
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the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > petty theft or pilfering > [noun]
micherya1393
mitchinga1393
picking1402
purloining1417
pilferc1425
pickery1460
pilfering1548
filching1567
lurching1570
pilfery1573
petty larceny1578
filching-tradea1592
prigging1591
filchery1607
nimming1607
sneaking-budge1699
pilferage1732
cabbaging1774
weeding1819
pilferment1823
crib1855
filch1877
souveniring1919
1919 Cumberland Argus & Fruitgrowers' Advocate (Parramatta, New S. Wales) 29 Oct. 2/2 The souveniring of a few knives and forks is only petty larceny, but not the theft of white sugar.
1927 Auckland Star 29 Jan. 8/6 The ‘souveniring’ of cups and saucers on the New Zealand Railways.
1969 ‘M. Innes’ Family Affair xiii. 145 It had been lifted much as somebody might lift a china gnome..from a suburban garden. Souveniring, as they say.
1972 Guardian 15 May 1/4 The House of Commons is determined to end the ‘souveniring’ of cutlery... All crests will be removed from the cutlery in some of the visitors' cafeterias.
2006 Sydney Morning Herald (Nexis) 30 Nov. 26 There was a lot of macabre souveniring of Kelly artefacts after his death.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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