| 单词 | supple tam |
| 释义 | > as lemmassupple Tam ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > toy or plaything > doll > other figures > [noun] > movable by string or wire puppet1538 marionettea1645 pantine1748 supplejack1776 supple Tam1825 string-jack1863 jumping-jack1883 monkey on a stick1926 1817 W. Scott Rob Roy II. xiv. 305 It [sc. a horse]'s a grand bargain... The stringhalt will gae aff when it's gaen a mile; it's a weel-kenn'd ganger; they ca' it Souple Tam.] 1825 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Suppl. Souple Tam, a child's toy placed against a wall, which, being pulled by a string, shakes and seems to dance. 1833 M. Scott Tom Cringle's Log II. i. 28 The Captain and the first Lieutenant were bobbing in the stern-sheets of their respective gigs like a couple of souple Tams. 1842 R. Chambers Pop. Rhymes Scotl. (new ed.) 46/1 And ye'll get a coatie, And a pair o' breekies—Ye'll get a whippie and a supple Tam! a1854 E. Grant Mem. Highland Lady (1988) I. iv. 84 She made us..ladies and gentlemen of pasteboard... They were refined Souple Tams. 1894 P. H. Hunter James Inwick (1896) xvi. 147 Ye've been in his han's like a bairn's Souple Tam—he has pu'd the strings an' gar't ye jump ony gait he wanted. < as lemmas |
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