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单词 tin-kettle
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tin-kettlev.

Brit. /ˌtɪnˈkɛtl/, U.S. /ˌtɪnˈkɛd(ə)l/, Australian English /ˌtɪnˈket(ə)l/, /ˌtɪnˈked(ə)l/, New Zealand English /ˌtɪnˈked(ə)l/
Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: tin kettle n.
Etymology: < tin kettle n. Compare earlier tin-kettler n. and tin-kettling n.
Chiefly Australian and New Zealand. Now chiefly historical.
transitive. To celebrate (esp. a newly-wed couple) noisily; to punish or show opprobrium of (a person) by beating metal kettles, pans, etc. Also: to cause (swarming bees) to settle by making a similar noise.
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the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > derision, ridicule, or mockery > ridicule or mockery by specific means > ridicule or mock by specific means [verb (transitive)] > ridicule by beating pots and pans
tinkle1562
shivaree1805
lowbell1845
rough music1847
ran-tan1866
tin-kettle1881
tin pan1882
the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > loudness > confused sound > [verb (transitive)] > rough music
tin-kettle1881
charivari1890
1881 A. Bathgate Waitaruna xvii. 234 I was wakened by the din caused by a lot of the diggers tin-kettling the newly-married pair.
1898 Notes & Queries 9th Ser. 1 116/2 An inn-keeper was reported to have beaten his wife,..so [his neighbours] ‘tin-kettled’ him right royally.
1900 H. Lawson On Track 20 We'd tin-kettle 'em [bees],..and..they'd settle on a branch.
a1912 H. Mundy in L. Hughes Young Austral. Pioneer: Henry Mundy (2003) 43 One thing I do very well remember, he was lowbelled (tin-kettled) for beating his wife. This was a custom in those days by neighbours to show disapprobation and contempt for any such offender's conduct.
2013 Hawkesbury Gaz. (New S. Wales) (Nexis) 4 Dec. (First ed.) 15 The book gives glimpses of a way of life now long gone, including stories of couples being ‘tin-kettled’ after they were married, an historic custom now gone.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2020; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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