suey pown.

Brit.

/ˈsuːɪ paʊ/, U.S.

/ˈsui ˌpaʊ/

Forms: 1900s– suey pow, 1900s– sui pow.

Origin: Apparently a borrowing from Chinese.

Etymology: < Chinese (Cantonese) séuipóu sponge (1841 or earlier, obsolete in this sense) < séui water (corresponding to Mandarin shuǐ : see feng shui n.) and póu (noun, collective) frothy bubbles that can form in a liquid, e.g. when boiled, (verb) to submerge in a liquid.

U.S. slang. Now rare.

A sponge or rag used to clean and cool an opium pipe.

ΚΠ

1886 Waycross (Georgia) Headlight 19 May A long needle (yen hauck) on which the opium is cooked; a small horn box (yin hop) to hold the opium;..a sponge (suey pow) with which to wash off the surface of the bowl.

1926 Variety 29 Dec. 7/4 The dopes and hop heads, with their ‘stem’,..‘sui pow’, [etc.].

1954 D. W. Maurer & V. H. Vogel Narcotics & Narcotic Addiction i. 38 After each smoke, or whenever the pipe gets hot, the bowl is cooled and wiped off with a suey-pow, which is a damp pad about the size and shape of a small powder-puff.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2021; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	suey pow
释义	suey pown. Brit. /ˈsuːɪ paʊ/, U.S. /ˈsui ˌpaʊ/ Forms: 1900s– suey pow, 1900s– sui pow. Origin: Apparently a borrowing from Chinese. Etymology: < Chinese (Cantonese) séuipóu sponge (1841 or earlier, obsolete in this sense) < séui water (corresponding to Mandarin shuǐ : see feng shui n.) and póu (noun, collective) frothy bubbles that can form in a liquid, e.g. when boiled, (verb) to submerge in a liquid. U.S. slang. Now rare. A sponge or rag used to clean and cool an opium pipe. ΚΠ 1886 Waycross (Georgia) Headlight 19 May A long needle (yen hauck) on which the opium is cooked; a small horn box (yin hop) to hold the opium;..a sponge (suey pow) with which to wash off the surface of the bowl. 1926 Variety 29 Dec. 7/4 The dopes and hop heads, with their ‘stem’,..‘sui pow’, [etc.]. 1954 D. W. Maurer & V. H. Vogel Narcotics & Narcotic Addiction i. 38 After each smoke, or whenever the pipe gets hot, the bowl is cooled and wiped off with a suey-pow, which is a damp pad about the size and shape of a small powder-puff. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2021; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1886
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