单词 | starrer |
释义 | starrern. 1. slang. A thief who breaks shop windows or glass display cases to steal goods. Cf. star n.1 17a, star v. 5a. Now historical. ΚΠ a1790 H. T. Potter New Dict. Cant & Flash Langs. (1795) Starrers, thieves who break shew-glasses and steal the goods. 1832 Fraser's Mag. Nov. 478/2 One summer a party of starrers kept a member of the gang wholly employed in travelling to and from town to dispose of the property to the buyers of stolen goods. 1848 Sinks of London laid Open 96/2 Anglers or starrers, an order of thieves who break show glasses in jeweller's [sic] windows to steal the goods. 2011 J. Green Crooked Talk iv. 97 He was known as a starrer, from the 'star' he put in the shop window. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture textile fabric or that which consists of > sewing or ornamenting textile fabric > [noun] > embroidery or ornamental sewing > other types of embroidery > one who edger1591 sprigger1832 veiner1838 starrer1844 1844 Results of Inq. Yorksh. Deaf & Dumb 28 She is employed at Messrs. Hague, Cook, & Wonnald's as a starrer, that is, putting the roses in the corner of the Blankets. 3. Originally slang. A play or film which stars a specified actor; a star vehicle for a particular actor. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > drama > a play > [noun] > other types of play king play1469 king game1504 historya1509 chronicle history1600 monology1608 horseplaya1627 piscatory1631 stock play1708 petite pièce1712 mimic1724 ballad opera1730 ballad farce1735 benefit-play1740 potboiler1783 monodrama1793 extravaganza1797 theo-drama1801 monodrame1803 proverb1803 stock piece1804 bespeak1807 ticket-night1812 dramaticle1813 monopolylogue1819 pièce d'occasion1830 interlude1831 mimea1834 costume piece1834 mummers' play1849 history play1850 gag-piece1860 music drama1874 well-made1881 playlet1884 two-decker1884 slum1885 kinderspiel1886 thrill1886 knockabout1887 two-hander1888 front-piece1889 thriller1889 shadow-play1890 mime play1894 problem play1894 one-acter1895 sex play1899 chronicle drama1902 thesis-play1902 star vehicle1904 folk-play1905 radio play1908 tab1915 spy play1919 one-act1920 pièce à thèse1923 dance-drama1924 a mess of plottage1926 turkey1927 weepie1928 musical1930 cliffhanger1931 mime drama1931 triangle drama1931 weeper1934 spine-chiller1940 starrer1941 scorcher1942 teleplay1947 straw-hatter1949 pièce noire1951 pièce rose1951 tab show1951 conversation piece1952 psychodrama1956 whydunit1968 mystery play1975 State of the Nation1980 society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > cinematography > a film > type of film > [noun] > vehicle for star star vehicle1904 starrer1941 1938 Washington Post 2 Apr. 6/2 (headline) Doug and Katie in new co-starrer.] 1941 Washington Post 24 Sept. 8/1 The new Abbott and Costello starrer, ‘Keep 'Em Flying’. 1978 M. Puzo Fools Die xxvii. 311 A Kellino starrer would get the studio's two million back. 1996 Outlook (New Delhi) 28 Aug. 64/2 A Shabana Azmi-starrer that..didn't exactly flinch from showing flesh. 2005 Metro (Toronto) 4 Oct. 30/3 The Jodie Foster starrer Flightplan, No. 1 in North America for a second weekend. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1790 |
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