| 单词 | use one's loaf |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto use one's loaf f. slang. [Probably < loaf of bread, rhyming slang for ‘head’.] The (human) head; hence, the mind, common sense; esp. in to use one's loaf. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > [noun] nolleOE headOE topa1225 copc1264 scalpa1300 chiefc1330 crownc1330 jowla1400 poll?a1400 testea1400 ball in the hoodc1400 palleta1425 noddle?1507 costard?1515 nab?1536 neck1560 coxcomb1567 sconce1567 now1568 headpiece1579 mazer1581 mazardc1595 cockcomb1602 costrel1604 cranion1611 pasha1616 noddle pate1622 block1635 cranium1647 sallet1652 poundrel1664 nob1699 crany?1730 knowledge box1755 noodle1762 noggin1769 napper1785 garret1796 pimple1811 knowledge-casket1822 coco1828 cobbra1832 coconut1834 top-piece1838 nut1841 barnet1857 twopenny1859 chump1864 topknot1869 conk1870 masthead1884 filbert1886 bonce1889 crumpet1891 dome1891 roof1897 beanc1905 belfry1907 hat rack1907 melon1907 box1908 lemon1923 loaf1925 pound1933 sconec1945 nana1966 the mind > mental capacity > understanding > reason, faculty of reasoning > common sense > [noun] witc1175 sensea1382 conscience1449 mother witc1475 common wit1517 common sense1536 philosophy1557 good sense?1562 sconce1567 mother-sense1603 ingenuity1651 bonsense1681 rumgumption1686 nous1706 gumption?1719 rummlegumption1751 savvy1785 horse sense1832 kokum1848 sabe1872 common1899 marbles1902 gump1920 loaf1925 1925 E. Fraser & J. Gibbons Soldier & Sailor Words 145 Loaf, head, e.g., ‘Duck your loaf—i.e., keep your head below the parapet’. 1938 ‘J. Curtis’ They drive by Night xiv. 155 Bloody seconds counted in a job like this. You certainly had to use your loaf. 1943 J. L. Hunt & A. G. Pringle Service Slang 44 Use your loaf is the injunction often heard when someone is particularly slow in following orders. But this phrase, in its finer meanings, says: ‘Use your common sense. Interpret orders according to the situation as you find it, and don't follow the book of words too literally.’ 1949 ‘N. Blake’ Head of Traveller ii. 36 Do try to use your loaf. 1957 P. Frankau Bridge 73 He uses his loaf where you and I just muddle along. 1971 B. W. Aldiss Soldier Erect 79 You want to use your bloody loaf, Stubbs, or we'll never win this war the way you're carrying on. 1973 Jewish Chron. 2 Feb. 12/1 Use your loaf. Didn't Sir Jack Cohen of Tesco..start the same way? to use one's head (also brains, loaf, etc.) P3. to use one's head (also brains, loaf, etc.): to use one's intelligence, common sense, or imagination; to think sensibly or constructively. Frequently in imperative. ΚΠ 1642 D. Rogers Matrimoniall Honovr xiii. 292 A wise housewife will contrive and dispose as well by sitting still, and using her brayne, as some other by bending the force both of soule & body. 1645 R. Harris True Relig. 26 Use your heads too, set your wits awork this way, cast about and contrive as well as you can how the necessities of people may be supplied in some measure. 1742 T. Brewster tr. Persius Satires III & IV sig. D Sir, use your Mind—I've said. 1828 W. Scott Fair Maid of Perth vii, in Chron. Canongate 2nd Ser. III. 176 He that cannot right himself by the hand, must use his head. 1865 Baily's Mag. Dec. 78 If you are too indolent or too inactive to use your heels, use your head, if you have one, instead. 1912 Leaves of Healing 3 Aug. 280/1 Brush the cobwebs away and get the rust off, and go to work and use your brains. 1938 ‘J. Curtis’ They drive by Night xiv. 155 Bloody seconds counted in a job like this. You certainly had to use your loaf. 1998 N. Jones Hollyoaks (Mersey TV transmission script) (O.E.D. Archive) Episode 256. 44 Cindy. What are we doing here, anyway? Paul. Doh! Use your head, eh? Cindy. Oh I'm Sorry, I must be thick or something. 2007 J. Elam & S. Yohn Monday Night Jihad 171 The kid's a hero, and you let him sit there thinking he's going to prison. That's using the old noggin. < as lemmas |
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