| 单词 | to lay on jam |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto lay (or put) on jam 2. Affected manners; self-importance; frequently in to lay (or put) on jam. Australian slang. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > affected behaviour or affectation > [noun] affectation1548 affection1570 phantastry1656 stilt1735 fal-lal1775 coxcombality1785 meemaw1790 posture-making1797 attitudinarianism1803 attitudinizing1812 piminy1819 stiltishness1824 niminy-piminyism1840 gyvera1866 notion1866 attitudinization1871 effectism1871 jam1882 chichi1908 poncing1969 pseudery1972 1882 Sydney Slang Dict. 5/1 Jam (putting on), assuming fast airs of importance. 1901 M. Franklin My Brilliant Career xxvi. 219 People who knew how to conduct themselves properly, and who paid one every attention without a bit of fear of being twitted with ‘laying the jam on’. 1924 D. H. Lawrence & M. L. Skinner Boy in Bush 46 Don't y' get sidey..puttin' on jam an' suchlike. 1945 S. J. Baker Austral. Lang. vi. 119 Terms like..jam and guiver, connoting ‘side’ or affectation. < as lemmas |
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