单词 | traneen |
释义 | traneenn. Irish English. The crested dog's-tail grass, Cynosurus cristatus. (Often taken as the type of something of little or no value: cf. rush n.1 Phrases 2). ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > a grass or grasses > [noun] > dog's-tail grass dog's tail1753 dog grassa1825 traneen1837 the mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > [noun] > that which is unimportant > of little worth ivy-leafc1000 needle?c1225 sloec1250 peasea1275 strawc1290 bean1297 nutc1300 buttonc1330 leekc1330 trifle1375 cress1377 goose-wing1377 sop1377 niflec1395 vetcha1400 a pin's head (also point)c1450 trump1513 plack1530 toy1530 blue point1532 grey groat1546 cherry-stone1607 jiggalorum1613 candle-enda1625 peppercorn1638 sponge1671 sneeshing1686 snottera1689 catchpenny1705 potato1757 snuff1809 pinhead1828 traneen1837 a hill of beans1863 gubbins1918 1808 J. White Ess. Grasses Irel. 154 in Britt. & Holl. Plant-names Trathnin.] 1837 S. Lover Rory O'More ii You dare n't stand before any one with sich a thraneen as that in your fist. 1839 W. Carleton Fardorougha iii. 57 It's a bargain..I don't care a trawneen. 1842 S. C. Hall & A. M. Hall Ireland II. 74 She never cared a traneen for him, soul or body, and went off with a richer man. 1884 Lays & Leg. N. Irel. 20 Sorra a thrawneen you'll get from us more. 1899 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Mar. 572 But she'd not a traneen to her fortune. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1837 |
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