单词 | bubble and squeak |
释义 | bubble and squeakn. 1. a. Originally: a dish of previously cooked meat and cabbage fried together. Now more usually: previously cooked potatoes and cabbage fried together, sometimes with the addition of other ingredients. Cf. colcannon n.The ingredients are typically leftovers from another meal. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > prepared vegetables and dishes > [noun] > other vegetable dishes moose1568 bubble and squeak1762 poipoi1769 smash1785 poi1798 chartreuse1806 mescal1831 bhaji1832 luau1843 stelk1843 macédoine1846 peyote1849 chiffonade1877 mirepoix1877 munyeroo1878 tzimmes1892 maror1893 red flannel hash1902 subgum1902 Roquefort salad1907 caponata1931 pakora1932 Imam Bayildi1935 ratatouille niçoise1938 cauliflower cheese1940 vegeburger1945 saag aloo1967 githeri1973 aloo gobi1974 1762 St. James's Chron. 16–18 Sept. Bubble and Squeak, garnish'd with Eddowes Cow Bumbo, and Tongue. 1795 J. Wolcot in Wks. (1812) I. 192 What mortals Bubble call and Squeak When midst the Frying-pan in accents savage, The Beef so surly quarrels with the Cabbage. 1824 Ld. Byron Don Juan: Canto XV lxxi. 40 ‘Bubble and squeak’ would spoil my liquid lay. 1855 R. Browning Holy-Cross Day i, in Men & Women Bubble and squeak! Blessedest Thursday's the fat of the week. 1951 Good Housek. Home Encycl. 373/2 In the modern version of bubble and squeak the meat is usually omitted. 2016 Brentwood Gaz. (Nexis) 2 Mar. 10 When you're ready to cook the bubble and squeak, mix the root veg mash and the greens together and season with salt and pepper. b. figurative and in figurative contexts. Something resembling or suggestive of bubble and squeak, esp. in consisting of a variety of elements. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > sound of instruments > [noun] > sound of organ pealingc1475 organ notea1500 organ tone1820 bubble and squeak1960 chorus1961 1799 G. Huddeson (title) Bubble and squeak, a galli-maufry of British beef with the chopp'd cabbage of Gallic philosophy and radical reform. 1818 S. T. Coleridge Coll. Lett. (1959) IV. 879 He had..as honest a heart as was compatible with his exceedingly profound ignorance of his ignorance, and the restless Bubble and Squeak of his Vanity and Discontent. 1927 T. E. Lawrence Let. 15 Feb. (1938) 509 I can make the most lovely bubble and squeak of a life for myself. 1960 Times 17 Sept. 9/4 The battle of the organs—British boom versus baroque bubble-and-squeak. 2006 Sydney Morning Herald (Nexis) 26 June 12 Television, as an art form, is a natural fit with the philosophy of recycling.., a bubble-and-squeak of old clips slung together with a real-life TV corpse playing master of ceremonies. 2. British slang. a. A magistrate. Cf. beak n.3 a. ΘΚΠ society > law > administration of justice > one who administers justice > [noun] > Justice of the peace or district magistrate Justice of the Peace1423 justice1509 conservator of the peacea1513 Warden of the Peace1543 Guardian of the Peace1581 mittimus1630 magistrate1727 J.P.1732 beak1799 county commissioner1809 bubble and squeak1935 1935 E. Wallace & R. Curtis Mouthpiece i. 16 You ought to have heard him talking to the old bubble and squeak. 1995 Vancouver Sun (Nexis) 4 Nov. d 6 Some examples of rhyming slang depend on peculiarities of Cockney pronunciation... A ‘bubble and squeak’ is a ‘beak’ which in turn, is a magistrate. b. A generic name or nickname for: a Greek person. Cf. bubble n. 7. Sometimes derogatory. ΘΚΠ the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Europe > the Greeks > [noun] > native or inhabitant of Greece Greekc893 Gregois13.. Griffon13.. Grewa1375 Hellene1482 Grecana1500 Argive?1532 Greciana1549 Hellenist1606 Greeklinga1637 Graecaster1716 Helladian1773 bubble and squeak1938 bubble1962 1938 E. Partridge Dict. Slang (ed. 2) Add. 983/1 Bubble and squeak, a Greek. 1968 L. Berg Risinghill 106 ‘Why do they call Greek children “Bubbles”?’ said Mr. Colinides to me... Later it dawned on me that it was short for ‘bubble-and-squeak’; rhyming slang. 2002 Guardian 23 Feb. 16 They called him Big Bubble and, unaware of Cockney rhyming slang (bubble and squeak = Greek), I pictured him as something magically iridescent, blown from a clay pipe. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2018; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1762 |
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