单词 | trampy |
释义 | trampyadj.adv. 1. Of or relating to a tramp or vagrant; characteristic of a tramp; unkempt, scruffy. Cf. tramp n.1 4a. ΚΠ 1897 Los Angeles Times 27 June 15/2 Will's tramp character has never been surpassed, and it is seldom, too, that as trampy a tramp is associated with so winsome a little soubrette as Miss Loretto. 1961 Reno (Nevada) Evening Gaz. 13 Sept. 9/2 He has dinner here regularly and often brings some stumblebum or trampy bar-fly. 1988 S. Rushdie Satanic Verses iii. v. 200 People were clearing a space around Gibreel, the wild man in an outsize overcoat and trampy hat. 2002 Sunday Herald (Glasgow) (Nexis) 8 Sept. 5 Considering Williams's past experience—pipped at the post by trampy balladeer Badly Drawn Boy—who does she reckon will collect the award this time round? 2. Chiefly of a woman: sexually promiscuous, tarty; disreputable. Also occasionally as adv. Cf. tramp n.1 4b. ΘΚΠ society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > [adjective] > unchaste or sexually compliant (of women) strumpeta1382 jadish1573 comingc1576 short heeled1591 loose in the hilts1598 loose-legged1598 loose-tailed1598 light-tailed1600 overscutched1600 stuprous1603 light-skirted1607 brothelly1608 light-heeled1611 wagtailed1648 loose-hilteda1652 feather-heeleda1674 loose-gowneda1717 frank1744 shake-tail1782 (a woman) of a certain description1803 hetaeric1868 round-heeled1926 floozy?1930 trampy1944 slack1951 slaggy1973 1944 L. Bacall in Los Angeles Times 10 Dec. iii. 2/2 She's—well, not trampy; but an honest slut. 1958 Nevada State Jrnl. 16 May 10/4 After thirty years of married life my husband started to chase some trampy young girl who works at a drive-in. 1974 Times 14 June 10/6 Goldie Hawn..is Lou Jean, pretty, charming, trampy, unstable, wilful. 1983 A. Walker Color Purple 9 He beat me for dressing trampy. 2002 Sunday Telegram (Worcester, Mass.) (Nexis) 15 Dec. l4 This vampy, trampy track serves up Anderson as a liquored-up, sex-starved, sex kitten. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.adv.1897 |
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