blue boyn.

Brit.

/ˈbluː bɔɪ/, U.S.

/ˈblu ˌbɔɪ/

Forms: see blue adj. and n. and boy n.¹ and int.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: blue adj., boy n.¹

Etymology: < blue adj. + boy n.¹

1. Any of various boys or men who wear blue clothing, or a blue uniform, livery, etc. (cf. blue adj. 5); esp. a boy who attends a blue coat school or similar charitable institution (now chiefly historical). Cf. blue coat n. Compounds 2.In quot. 1798 (and subsequently) as the title given to a well-known portrait of a boy in a blue suit, by Thomas Gainsborough (1727–88); cf. Gainsborough n. 1.

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society > education > learning > learner > one attending school > [noun] > charity school pupil

childOE

blue coat boy1609

blue coat1619

poor child1626

blue boy1649

blue coat girl1695

blue1803

1649 W. Davenant Love & Honour ii. 11 Each new Church And Hospitall, I meane to build apace, And have my blew boyes March through the streets.

1688 J. Harrington Some Refl. Pietas Romana & Parisiensis 18/2 (note) Children of the Hospitals of les Enfants as well as the Blew-boys gain part of their livelyhood by carrying torches.

1769 Descr. Eng. & Wales V. 184 Here also..is erected a large school for the hospital, or blue boys, where they are taught to read and write.

1798 Edinb. Mag. Feb. 123/2 His [sc. Gainsborough's] best portrait is that known among the painters by the name of the Blue boy.

1818 Rep. Commissioners Educ. Poor in Parl. Papers (1819) X. 335 The Blue boys are admitted between nine and ten years of age; the free boys are received at eight years old.

1905 W. W. Skeat Past at our Doors 71 (caption) Blue Boys' School, Chester.

2004 P. Weidner Mem. Dwarf at Sun King's Court xi. 136 Among the staff were the blue boys; these formed a corps of pages, sons of the nobility, aged twelve to eighteen.

2. slang. A policeman. Also as a nickname. Usually in plural. Cf. boys in blue n. (c) at blue adj. and n. Phrases 7b.

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society > law > law enforcement > police force or the police > [noun] > policeman

truncheon officer1708

runner1735

horny1753

nibbing-cull1775

nabbing-cull1780

police officer1784

police constable1787

policeman1788

scout1789

nabman1792

nabber1795

pig1811

Bow-street officer1812

nab1813

peeler1816

split1819

grunter1823

robin redbreast1824

bulky1828

raw (or unboiled) lobster1829

Johnny Darm1830

polis1833

crusher1835

constable1839

police1839

agent1841

johndarm1843

blue boy1844

bobby1844

bluebottle1845

copper1846

blue1848

polisman1850

blue coat1851

Johnny1851

PC1851

spot1851

Jack1854

truncheonist1854

fly1857

greycoat1857

cop1859

Cossack1859

slop1859

scuffer1860

nailerc1863

worm1864

Robert1870

reeler1879

minion of the law1882

ginger pop1887

rozzer1888

nark1890

bull1893

grasshopper1893

truncheon-bearer1896

John1898

finger1899

flatty1899

mug1903

John Dunn1904

John Hop1905

gendarme1906

Johnny Hop1908

pavement pounder1908

buttons1911

flat-foot1913

pounder1919

Hop1923

bogy1925

shamus1925

heat1928

fuzz1929

law1929

narker1932

roach1932

jonnop1938

grass1939

roller1940

Babylon1943

walloper1945

cozzer1950

Old Bill1958

cowboy1959

monaych1961

cozzpot1962

policeperson1965

woolly1965

Fed1966

wolly1970

plod1971

roz1971

Smokey Bear1974

bear1975

beast1978

woodentop1981

Five-O1983

dibble1990

Bow-street runner-

society > law > law enforcement > police force or the police > [noun] > policeman > mode of address to

officer1899

blue boy1966

1844 Peter Parley's Ann. 66 ‘I declare there never is a policeman in the way when he is wanting.’ Presently comes forth..one of the aforesaid ‘walking blue boys’..; a lot of real boys behind, crying.

1883 J. Greenwood Odd People 68 The instrumental ‘blue boys’ belonging to several metropolitan divisions.

1912 A. S. M. Hutchinson Happy Warrior v. vii. §2 The Blue Boys from the police-station..scoured the country.

1966 M. Rumaker Gringos & Other Stories 119 Watch it, blueboy. You coppers think you can get everything for nothing.

1999 P. Straub Mr. X xv. 77 The arrival on my doorstep of two blueboys instructed me that someone had ‘dropped..the dime’ on my participation in a number of illegal activities.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2013; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	blue boy
释义	blue boyn. Brit. /ˈbluː bɔɪ/, U.S. /ˈblu ˌbɔɪ/ Forms: see blue adj. and n. and boy n.¹ and int. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: blue adj., boy n.¹ Etymology: < blue adj. + boy n.¹ 1. Any of various boys or men who wear blue clothing, or a blue uniform, livery, etc. (cf. blue adj. 5); esp. a boy who attends a blue coat school or similar charitable institution (now chiefly historical). Cf. blue coat n. Compounds 2.In quot. 1798 (and subsequently) as the title given to a well-known portrait of a boy in a blue suit, by Thomas Gainsborough (1727–88); cf. Gainsborough n. 1. ΘΚΠ society > education > learning > learner > one attending school > [noun] > charity school pupil childOE blue coat boy1609 blue coat1619 poor child1626 blue boy1649 blue coat girl1695 blue1803 1649 W. Davenant Love & Honour ii. 11 Each new Church And Hospitall, I meane to build apace, And have my blew boyes March through the streets. 1688 J. Harrington Some Refl. Pietas Romana & Parisiensis 18/2 (note) Children of the Hospitals of les Enfants as well as the Blew-boys gain part of their livelyhood by carrying torches. 1769 Descr. Eng. & Wales V. 184 Here also..is erected a large school for the hospital, or blue boys, where they are taught to read and write. 1798 Edinb. Mag. Feb. 123/2 His [sc. Gainsborough's] best portrait is that known among the painters by the name of the Blue boy. 1818 Rep. Commissioners Educ. Poor in Parl. Papers (1819) X. 335 The Blue boys are admitted between nine and ten years of age; the free boys are received at eight years old. 1905 W. W. Skeat Past at our Doors 71 (caption) Blue Boys' School, Chester. 2004 P. Weidner Mem. Dwarf at Sun King's Court xi. 136 Among the staff were the blue boys; these formed a corps of pages, sons of the nobility, aged twelve to eighteen. 2. slang. A policeman. Also as a nickname. Usually in plural. Cf. boys in blue n. (c) at blue adj. and n. Phrases 7b. ΘΚΠ society > law > law enforcement > police force or the police > [noun] > policeman truncheon officer1708 runner1735 horny1753 nibbing-cull1775 nabbing-cull1780 police officer1784 police constable1787 policeman1788 scout1789 nabman1792 nabber1795 pig1811 Bow-street officer1812 nab1813 peeler1816 split1819 grunter1823 robin redbreast1824 bulky1828 raw (or unboiled) lobster1829 Johnny Darm1830 polis1833 crusher1835 constable1839 police1839 agent1841 johndarm1843 blue boy1844 bobby1844 bluebottle1845 copper1846 blue1848 polisman1850 blue coat1851 Johnny1851 PC1851 spot1851 Jack1854 truncheonist1854 fly1857 greycoat1857 cop1859 Cossack1859 slop1859 scuffer1860 nailerc1863 worm1864 Robert1870 reeler1879 minion of the law1882 ginger pop1887 rozzer1888 nark1890 bull1893 grasshopper1893 truncheon-bearer1896 John1898 finger1899 flatty1899 mug1903 John Dunn1904 John Hop1905 gendarme1906 Johnny Hop1908 pavement pounder1908 buttons1911 flat-foot1913 pounder1919 Hop1923 bogy1925 shamus1925 heat1928 fuzz1929 law1929 narker1932 roach1932 jonnop1938 grass1939 roller1940 Babylon1943 walloper1945 cozzer1950 Old Bill1958 cowboy1959 monaych1961 cozzpot1962 policeperson1965 woolly1965 Fed1966 wolly1970 plod1971 roz1971 Smokey Bear1974 bear1975 beast1978 woodentop1981 Five-O1983 dibble1990 Bow-street runner- society > law > law enforcement > police force or the police > [noun] > policeman > mode of address to officer1899 blue boy1966 1844 Peter Parley's Ann. 66 ‘I declare there never is a policeman in the way when he is wanting.’ Presently comes forth..one of the aforesaid ‘walking blue boys’..; a lot of real boys behind, crying. 1883 J. Greenwood Odd People 68 The instrumental ‘blue boys’ belonging to several metropolitan divisions. 1912 A. S. M. Hutchinson Happy Warrior v. vii. §2 The Blue Boys from the police-station..scoured the country. 1966 M. Rumaker Gringos & Other Stories 119 Watch it, blueboy. You coppers think you can get everything for nothing. 1999 P. Straub Mr. X xv. 77 The arrival on my doorstep of two blueboys instructed me that someone had ‘dropped..the dime’ on my participation in a number of illegal activities. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2013; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1649
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