单词 | tin-kettle |
释义 | tin-kettlev. 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. ΘΚΠ 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). < v.1881 |
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