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单词 tom pat
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Tom Pat
Tom Pat n. slang and cant. Obsolete (a) a parson; a preacher; (b) a shoe, a boot. [In sense (a) perhaps < Tom n.1 + a shortening of either pater n.2 or patrico n.
Although sense (b) is sometimes associated with the Romani people, its second element is not of Romani origin.]
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Sir John Lack-latinc1534
patrico?1536
hedge-priest1550
Tom Pat1710
1710 G. L. Amorous Gallant's Tongue (ed. 5) 109 A Parson, Tom Patt.
1728 Street-robberies, Consider'd 35 Tom Pat, a Parson.
1789 Solitary Castle I. xi. 169 As to that matter, you may call a Tom-pat a black bird if you please,..but I think him more like a wood-pecker; for you may see him every Sunday, up to his ears in oak, just thrusting his head out of his nest.
1873 C. G. Leland Eng. Gipsies & their Lang. vi. 86 Bats, a low term for a pair of boots, especially bad ones..generally called, however, by the Romany in England, Tom Pats.
1890 A. Barrère & C. G. Leland Dict. Slang, Jargon & Cant II. 362/1 Tom-pats, in canting, shoes.
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