tomato cann.

Brit.

/təˈmɑːtəʊ ˌkan/, U.S.

/təˈmeɪdoʊ ˌkæn/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: tomato n., can n.¹

Etymology: < tomato n. + can n.¹The semantic motivation of sense 2 is unclear; it is perhaps influenced by the association with tramps or vagrants (see Compounds), or perhaps with reference to the ease with which tomato cans can be crushed.

Originally and chiefly North American.

1. A metal tin of the sort in which tomatoes are hermetically sealed for long-term preservation; such a container reused for another purpose (as drinking, cooking, etc.), sometimes viewed as symbolic of extreme poverty or hardship (cf. Compounds).

ΚΠ

1854 Daily Commerc. Reg. (Sandusky, Ohio) 13 Sept. (advt.) Peach and Tomato Cans..at lower figures than can be had in any other establishment.

1868 ‘O. C. Kerr’ Smoked Glass xviii. 216 What mean these letters which I find imprinted upon..the tomato can?

1875 Daily Rocky Mountain News (Denver) 4 Apr. A young man..is..imbibing copious draughts of soda water from a much battered tomato can.

1914 Sat. Evening Post (Philadelphia) 4 Apr. 11/1 A gay-cat..will turn against a friend when that friend is down to tomato cans.

1968 Sewanee Rev. 76 15 They were drinking out of tin cans that looked like empty tomato cans.

2003 Winnipeg Free Press 26 Feb. a10/2 A shopkeeper..lit charcoal in an empty tomato can to warm his hands.

2. Boxing slang. An inferior or second-rate boxer.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > fighting sports > boxing > [noun] > types of

ruffianing1812

ruffianosity1823

shadow-boxing1919

tomato can1955

kick-boxing1971

1955 N.Y. Herald Tribune 6 Nov. (Radio & TV Mag. section) 23/2 Tomato can, an inferior fighter. This reference is generally made by one manager describing another manager's fighter.

1969 N.Y. Times 4 Feb. 43/2 Andy Heilman..was scheduled to fight ‘a tomato can’ tomorrow.

1994 T. Boswell Cracking Show p. x They're like two aging punched-out tomato cans who'd rather go have a beer together than finish the fifteenth round.

2012 Irish Times 16 June (Sports Suppl.) 6/6 Chavez began his career as a fighter who beat ‘tomato cans’ but when he was taken over by famed trainer Freddie Roach..the improvement was swift and stunning.

Compounds

slang. attributive (usually hyphenated). Designating a tramp or vagrant reduced to picking through discarded tomato cans for food, or using them for drinking from; (hence) designating a tramp or vagrant considered to be of the lowest social type. Now historical and rare.

ΚΠ

1881 Puck (N.Y.) 22 June 273 (caption) Tomato-Can Tramp, to hit ‘Pard’ about to drain a keg.

1894 Cent. Mag. Mar. 706/2 The lowest type is what is called in tramp parlance ‘the tomato-can vag’... I used to know a tomato-can tramp who lived..in a hogshead near the east-side docks of New York.

1899 J. Flynt Tramping 398 Tomato-Can Vag: the outcast of Hoboland; a tramp of the lowest order, who drains the dregs of a beer-barrel into an empty tomato-can and drinks them.

1906 M. Conyngton Man. Pract. Charity vii. 59 Caste exists within his [sc. the tramp's] ranks and there are many grades between the ‘tomato-can hoboes’..and the tramp of reputation and ability.

1932 F. Jennings Tramping with Tramps xv. 212 Tomato Can Tramps—those who curl up anywhere.

1980 R. A. Bruns Knights of Road vii. 163 Here were the..soapboxers, fortune tellers, pickpockets, hop-heads and their pushers, sexual perverts, and tomato-can vags.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	tomato can
释义	tomato cann. Brit. /təˈmɑːtəʊ ˌkan/, U.S. /təˈmeɪdoʊ ˌkæn/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: tomato n., can n.¹ Etymology: < tomato n. + can n.¹The semantic motivation of sense 2 is unclear; it is perhaps influenced by the association with tramps or vagrants (see Compounds), or perhaps with reference to the ease with which tomato cans can be crushed. Originally and chiefly North American. 1. A metal tin of the sort in which tomatoes are hermetically sealed for long-term preservation; such a container reused for another purpose (as drinking, cooking, etc.), sometimes viewed as symbolic of extreme poverty or hardship (cf. Compounds). ΚΠ 1854 Daily Commerc. Reg. (Sandusky, Ohio) 13 Sept. (advt.) Peach and Tomato Cans..at lower figures than can be had in any other establishment. 1868 ‘O. C. Kerr’ Smoked Glass xviii. 216 What mean these letters which I find imprinted upon..the tomato can? 1875 Daily Rocky Mountain News (Denver) 4 Apr. A young man..is..imbibing copious draughts of soda water from a much battered tomato can. 1914 Sat. Evening Post (Philadelphia) 4 Apr. 11/1 A gay-cat..will turn against a friend when that friend is down to tomato cans. 1968 Sewanee Rev. 76 15 They were drinking out of tin cans that looked like empty tomato cans. 2003 Winnipeg Free Press 26 Feb. a10/2 A shopkeeper..lit charcoal in an empty tomato can to warm his hands. 2. Boxing slang. An inferior or second-rate boxer. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > fighting sports > boxing > [noun] > types of ruffianing1812 ruffianosity1823 shadow-boxing1919 tomato can1955 kick-boxing1971 1955 N.Y. Herald Tribune 6 Nov. (Radio & TV Mag. section) 23/2 Tomato can, an inferior fighter. This reference is generally made by one manager describing another manager's fighter. 1969 N.Y. Times 4 Feb. 43/2 Andy Heilman..was scheduled to fight ‘a tomato can’ tomorrow. 1994 T. Boswell Cracking Show p. x They're like two aging punched-out tomato cans who'd rather go have a beer together than finish the fifteenth round. 2012 Irish Times 16 June (Sports Suppl.) 6/6 Chavez began his career as a fighter who beat ‘tomato cans’ but when he was taken over by famed trainer Freddie Roach..the improvement was swift and stunning. Compounds slang. attributive (usually hyphenated). Designating a tramp or vagrant reduced to picking through discarded tomato cans for food, or using them for drinking from; (hence) designating a tramp or vagrant considered to be of the lowest social type. Now historical and rare. ΚΠ 1881 Puck (N.Y.) 22 June 273 (caption) Tomato-Can Tramp, to hit ‘Pard’ about to drain a keg. 1894 Cent. Mag. Mar. 706/2 The lowest type is what is called in tramp parlance ‘the tomato-can vag’... I used to know a tomato-can tramp who lived..in a hogshead near the east-side docks of New York. 1899 J. Flynt Tramping 398 Tomato-Can Vag: the outcast of Hoboland; a tramp of the lowest order, who drains the dregs of a beer-barrel into an empty tomato-can and drinks them. 1906 M. Conyngton Man. Pract. Charity vii. 59 Caste exists within his [sc. the tramp's] ranks and there are many grades between the ‘tomato-can hoboes’..and the tramp of reputation and ability. 1932 F. Jennings Tramping with Tramps xv. 212 Tomato Can Tramps—those who curl up anywhere. 1980 R. A. Bruns Knights of Road vii. 163 Here were the..soapboxers, fortune tellers, pickpockets, hop-heads and their pushers, sexual perverts, and tomato-can vags. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1854
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