bluebackn.

Brit.

/ˈbluːbak/, U.S.

/ˈbluˌbæk/

Forms: see blue adj. and n. and back n.¹

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

Etymology: < blue adj. + back n.¹ In senses 2 and 3 so called on account of the appearance of the notes; in sense 2 after greenback n. 3.

1. Any of various fishes, birds, and other animals having a bluish back; esp. a river herring or shad of eastern North America, Alosa aestivalis, (in western Canada) a pre-spawning salmon of the genus Oncorhynchus, and (in Newfoundland) a young hooded seal, Cystophora cristata. Also attributive.

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the world > animals > birds > feather > [noun] > bird having specific colour of

bluebackc1532

pie1552

blue hawk1758

lutino1935

the world > animals > fish > unspecified types > [noun]

whalec950

tumbrelc1300

sprout1340

squame1393

codmop1466

whitefish1482

lineshark?a1500

salen1508

glaucus1509

bretcock1522

warcodling1525

razor1530

bassinatc1540

goldeney1542

smy1552

maiden1555

grail1587

whiting1587

needle1589

pintle-fish1591

goldfish1598

puffin fish1598

quap1598

stork1600

black-tail1601

ellops1601

fork-fish1601

sea-grape1601

sea-lizard1601

sea-raven1601

barne1602

plosher1602

whale-mouse1607

bowman1610

catfish1620

hog1620

kettle-fish1630

sharpa1636

carda1641

housewifea1641

roucotea1641

ox-fisha1642

sea-serpent1646

croaker1651

alderling1655

butkin1655

shamefish1655

yard1655

sea-dart1664

sea-pelican1664

Negro1666

sea-parrot1666

sea-blewling1668

sea-stickling1668

skull-fish1668

whale's guide1668

sennet1671

barracuda1678

skate-bread1681

tuck-fish1681

swallowtail1683

piaba1686

pit-fish1686

sand-creeper1686

horned hog1702

soldier1704

sea-crowa1717

bran1720

grunter1726

calcops1727

bennet1731

bonefish1734

Negro fish1735

isinglass-fish1740

orb1740

gollin1747

smelt1776

night-walker1777

water monarch1785

hardhead1792

macaw-fish1792

yellowback1796

sea-raven1797

blueback1812

stumpnose1831

flat1847

butterfish1849

croppie1856

gubbahawn1857

silt1863

silt-snapper1863

mullet-head1866

sailor1883

hogback1893

skipper1898

stocker1904

c1532 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 912 The blewe back and redbrest, la pioue.

1812 W. Bentley Diary 22 Oct. (1914) IV. 125 Mr Osgood..had taken great numbers of the Herrings called Bluebacks..this season.

1843 J. E. DeKay Zool. in Nat. Hist. N.Y. v. 24 There is a variety of the Lobster, termed Bluebacks, on account of their dark bluish colour.

1851 Official Descriptive & Illustr. Catal. Great Exhib. III. 532/2 The blue back, the hair and the silver seal are dressed and used in their natural state.

1871 Game Laws in Fur, Fin, & Feather (1872) 158 This section shall not apply to the taking of blue back trout in Franklin and Oxford counties.

1883 Cent. Mag. Sept. 684/1 The blue-back's nest was scarcely a foot from the ground.

1902 World To-day Dec. 2227/1 Nerka was a true Blueback, and no Blueback ever ascends a stream which has not a lake somewhere in its course.

1965 Jrnl. Lancs. Dial. Soc. Jan. 9 Fieldfare,..blueback: ‘Fylde’,..Warrington, Liverpool.

1981 Evening Telegram (St. John's, Newfoundland) 10 Mar. 2 [They] are planning to disrupt the hunt for hooded pups, known as bluebacks.

2011 Bangor (Maine) Daily News (Nexis) 11 June d6 The smelts competed with the bluebacks for food, and adult smelts ate juvenile bluebacks.

2. U.S. A monetary note issued by the Confederacy during the Civil War. Cf. greenback n. 3. Usually in plural. Now historical.

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society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > paper money > foreign banknotes > [noun] > U.S.

long green1837

wild cat1861

greenback1862

postage currency1862

postage-stamp currency1862

postal currency1862

blueback1863

fractional note1863

greyback1863

yellowback1863

goldback1865

Sherman1892

1863 Daily Cleveland (Ohio) Herald 25 July 1/2 The prisoners had a large quantity of ‘greenbacks’, and also a great amount of Confederate scrip, which they term the ‘blueback’, in their possession.

1869 Overland Monthly Aug. 128/2 The Rebels had their ‘bluebacks’ for money.

1911 C. C. Harrison Recoll. Grave & Gay vi. 117 The precious bluebacks of Confederate currency became alarmingly plentiful and secured for us less and less.

2009 Times-News (Burlington, N. Carolina) (Nexis) 3 July Wright noticed that the display and a window were both broken early on June 18. Only the coin and Confederate blue back were taken.

3. South African. A monetary note with an initial face value of £1, issued by the Orange Free State and South African (Transvaal) republics (1865–76). Usually in plural. Now historical.

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society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > paper money > foreign banknotes > [noun] > South African

blueback1866

1866 Cape & Natal News 1 Feb. 40/1 A Boer..takes the blue-backs to another store,..when of course they are refused to be taken in payment.

1872 J. L. Babe S. Afr. Diamond Fields 64 Lillienveld and Webb..purchased this farm..for £2,000 in ‘bluebacks’ (Orange Free State currency).

1878 A. Trollope S. Afr. II. 225 The blue-backs as they were called were printed.

1884 M. A. Carey-Hobson At Home in Transvaal II. xli. 501 They were not at all anxious to return to the time of ‘Bluebacks’.

1981 B. R. Dalgaard S. Africa's Impact on Britain's Return to Gold ii. 35 These ‘bluebacks’ circulated only within the Orange Free State and were all finally redeemed or destroyed by 1876.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2013; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	blueback
释义	bluebackn. Brit. /ˈbluːbak/, U.S. /ˈbluˌbæk/ Forms: see blue adj. and n. and back n.¹ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: blue adj., back n.¹ Etymology: < blue adj. + back n.¹ In senses 2 and 3 so called on account of the appearance of the notes; in sense 2 after greenback n. 3. 1. Any of various fishes, birds, and other animals having a bluish back; esp. a river herring or shad of eastern North America, Alosa aestivalis, (in western Canada) a pre-spawning salmon of the genus Oncorhynchus, and (in Newfoundland) a young hooded seal, Cystophora cristata. Also attributive. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > feather > [noun] > bird having specific colour of bluebackc1532 pie1552 blue hawk1758 lutino1935 the world > animals > fish > unspecified types > [noun] whalec950 tumbrelc1300 sprout1340 squame1393 codmop1466 whitefish1482 lineshark?a1500 salen1508 glaucus1509 bretcock1522 warcodling1525 razor1530 bassinatc1540 goldeney1542 smy1552 maiden1555 grail1587 whiting1587 needle1589 pintle-fish1591 goldfish1598 puffin fish1598 quap1598 stork1600 black-tail1601 ellops1601 fork-fish1601 sea-grape1601 sea-lizard1601 sea-raven1601 barne1602 plosher1602 whale-mouse1607 bowman1610 catfish1620 hog1620 kettle-fish1630 sharpa1636 carda1641 housewifea1641 roucotea1641 ox-fisha1642 sea-serpent1646 croaker1651 alderling1655 butkin1655 shamefish1655 yard1655 sea-dart1664 sea-pelican1664 Negro1666 sea-parrot1666 sea-blewling1668 sea-stickling1668 skull-fish1668 whale's guide1668 sennet1671 barracuda1678 skate-bread1681 tuck-fish1681 swallowtail1683 piaba1686 pit-fish1686 sand-creeper1686 horned hog1702 soldier1704 sea-crowa1717 bran1720 grunter1726 calcops1727 bennet1731 bonefish1734 Negro fish1735 isinglass-fish1740 orb1740 gollin1747 smelt1776 night-walker1777 water monarch1785 hardhead1792 macaw-fish1792 yellowback1796 sea-raven1797 blueback1812 stumpnose1831 flat1847 butterfish1849 croppie1856 gubbahawn1857 silt1863 silt-snapper1863 mullet-head1866 sailor1883 hogback1893 skipper1898 stocker1904 c1532 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 912 The blewe back and redbrest, la pioue. 1812 W. Bentley Diary 22 Oct. (1914) IV. 125 Mr Osgood..had taken great numbers of the Herrings called Bluebacks..this season. 1843 J. E. DeKay Zool. in Nat. Hist. N.Y. v. 24 There is a variety of the Lobster, termed Bluebacks, on account of their dark bluish colour. 1851 Official Descriptive & Illustr. Catal. Great Exhib. III. 532/2 The blue back, the hair and the silver seal are dressed and used in their natural state. 1871 Game Laws in Fur, Fin, & Feather (1872) 158 This section shall not apply to the taking of blue back trout in Franklin and Oxford counties. 1883 Cent. Mag. Sept. 684/1 The blue-back's nest was scarcely a foot from the ground. 1902 World To-day Dec. 2227/1 Nerka was a true Blueback, and no Blueback ever ascends a stream which has not a lake somewhere in its course. 1965 Jrnl. Lancs. Dial. Soc. Jan. 9 Fieldfare,..blueback: ‘Fylde’,..Warrington, Liverpool. 1981 Evening Telegram (St. John's, Newfoundland) 10 Mar. 2 [They] are planning to disrupt the hunt for hooded pups, known as bluebacks. 2011 Bangor (Maine) Daily News (Nexis) 11 June d6 The smelts competed with the bluebacks for food, and adult smelts ate juvenile bluebacks. 2. U.S. A monetary note issued by the Confederacy during the Civil War. Cf. greenback n. 3. Usually in plural. Now historical. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > paper money > foreign banknotes > [noun] > U.S. long green1837 wild cat1861 greenback1862 postage currency1862 postage-stamp currency1862 postal currency1862 blueback1863 fractional note1863 greyback1863 yellowback1863 goldback1865 Sherman1892 1863 Daily Cleveland (Ohio) Herald 25 July 1/2 The prisoners had a large quantity of ‘greenbacks’, and also a great amount of Confederate scrip, which they term the ‘blueback’, in their possession. 1869 Overland Monthly Aug. 128/2 The Rebels had their ‘bluebacks’ for money. 1911 C. C. Harrison Recoll. Grave & Gay vi. 117 The precious bluebacks of Confederate currency became alarmingly plentiful and secured for us less and less. 2009 Times-News (Burlington, N. Carolina) (Nexis) 3 July Wright noticed that the display and a window were both broken early on June 18. Only the coin and Confederate blue back were taken. 3. South African. A monetary note with an initial face value of £1, issued by the Orange Free State and South African (Transvaal) republics (1865–76). Usually in plural. Now historical. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > paper money > foreign banknotes > [noun] > South African blueback1866 1866 Cape & Natal News 1 Feb. 40/1 A Boer..takes the blue-backs to another store,..when of course they are refused to be taken in payment. 1872 J. L. Babe S. Afr. Diamond Fields 64 Lillienveld and Webb..purchased this farm..for £2,000 in ‘bluebacks’ (Orange Free State currency). 1878 A. Trollope S. Afr. II. 225 The blue-backs as they were called were printed. 1884 M. A. Carey-Hobson At Home in Transvaal II. xli. 501 They were not at all anxious to return to the time of ‘Bluebacks’. 1981 B. R. Dalgaard S. Africa's Impact on Britain's Return to Gold ii. 35 These ‘bluebacks’ circulated only within the Orange Free State and were all finally redeemed or destroyed by 1876. 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