| 单词 | to put up the spout |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto put up the spout a. Pawned, pledged; in pawn; frequently in to put up the spout. See sense 6. Now historical and rare. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > adversity > in adversity [phrase] > in a hopeless condition up the spout1819 the mind > mental capacity > expectation > despair, hopelessness > desperate state or condition > beyond hope [phrase] out of (all) curec1374 past praying for1509 up the spout1819 not to have got a prayer1924 society > trade and finance > financial dealings > borrowing money > borrow money [verb (transitive)] > pawn to give (also have, lay, put, take) to pledgec1384 to set, put, lay to or in wedc1384 engage1525 pawn1570 to lay (up) in lavender1584 impawn1598 oppignorate1622 pignorate1623 dip1640 to put to lumber1671 vamp1699 pop1731 sweatc1800 spout1811 lumber1819 up the spout1819 hock1878 soak1882 to put away1887 society > trade and finance > financial dealings > moneylending > [adjective] > relating to pawnbroking > pawned pledged1552 pawned1567 pawn-laid1598 pignorate1674 up the spout1819 pignorated1842 1819Shoving it up the spout [see sense 6]. 1819 Theatre 13 Mar. 62/2 We can't take it in, Nor put it up the spout; But we will give you six-pence freely, If you'll take it every morsel out. 1847 W. M. Thackeray Vanity Fair (1848) xxx. 260 Please to put that up the spout, ma'am, with my pins, and rings, and watch and chain, and things. 1886 D. C. Murray Cynic Fortune vii I haven't a suit of clothes fit to go in; even my wig and gown are up the spout together. 1935 G. Heyer Death in Stocks xiii. 165 If I started to put your shirts up the spout you'd have a perfect right to complain. 1999 L. Calder Financing Amer. Dream 43 Her table, her two beds, all her chairs..were hauled down to the pawnshop and ‘put up the spout’. to put (also get) (a woman) up the spout c. Pregnant. Also: in the womb. to put (also get) (a woman) up the spout and variants: to make (a woman) pregnant, esp. out of wedlock.Cf. up the duff at duff n.7, up the pole at pole n.1 Phrases 1, up the stick at stick n.1 Phrases 21. ΘΚΠ the world > life > biology > biological processes > procreation or reproduction > pregnancy or gestation > [adjective] greatc1175 with childc1175 with childc1300 baggeda1400 bounda1400 pregnant?a1425 quicka1450 greaterc1480 heavyc1480 teeming1530 great-bellied1533 big1535 boundenc1540 impregnate1540 great-wombeda1550 young with child1566 gravid1598 pregnate1598 pagled1599 enceinte1602 child-great1605 conceived1637 big-bellieda1646 brooding1667 in the (also a) family way1688 in the (also that) way1741 undelivered1799 ensient1818 enwombeda1822 in a delicate condition1827 gestant1851 in pod1890 up the (also a) pole1918 in a particular condition1922 preg?1927 in the spud line1937 up the spout1937 preggy1938 up the stick1941 preggers1942 in pig1945 primigravid1949 preggo1951 in a certain condition1958 gestating1961 up the creek1961 in the (pudding) cluba1966 gravidated- 1937 E. Partridge Dict. Slang 815/2 Spout, up the,..pregnant with child... Often in form, to have been put up the spout. 1949 Landfall 3 234 Well, they say he put her up the spout. 1956 P. Scott Male Child ii. i. 95 All these years taking every possible care and suddenly there's one up the spout. 1970 ‘S. Troy’ Blind Man's Garden viii. 100 Up the spout, isn't she? I thought Michel would have had more bloody savvy. 1994 J. Mahjoub Wings of Dust ix. 113 There's another thing you should know about her... She's got one up the spout thanks to your respectable friend. 2010 M. Dolan Wishing & Hoping 28 Did you know that I knew your mother? That was before Victor got her up the spout with you, of course. < as lemmas |
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