单词 | walkround |
释义 | walkroundn.adj. A. n. U.S. A dance performed in a large circle; = walk-around n. (a) at walk v. Compounds. Now historical. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > dancing > types of dance or dancing > round dance > [noun] > specific rayc1450 Sellenger's round1567 miller's round1579 roundelay1589 cushion-dance1607 prinkum-prankuma1635 roundabout1766 pillow dance1811 batuque1820 walkround1861 hora1878 kissing dance1899 maxixe1909 garba1920 raas garba1935 society > leisure > the arts > music > type of music > dance music > [noun] > folk or country dance > round dance round1600 walkround1861 hora1878 1861 Temple Bar May 199 The ‘Jim Crow dance’..soon gave place to better tunes..and ‘walk rounds’. 1874 V. L. Cameron Diary 5 Mar. in Jrnl. Royal Geogr. Soc. (1875) 45 197 They gave a dance and a song. The first might well be the origin of the nigger breakdowns and walk-rounds. 1895 Cent. Mag. Oct. 958/1 His work with the caravan was to sing songs, chiefly darky songs, accompanied by ‘hoe-downs’ and ‘walk rounds’. 1943 Life 5 July 80 After the ‘walk-round’, which served as an entrance for the black-faced showmen, they stood before a semicircle of chairs and waited for the interlocutor's: ‘Gentlemen, be seated’. B. adj. Designating a shop, market, etc., so arranged that customers may walk round and serve themselves. Frequently in walkround store. Now rare. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > trading place > place where retail transactions made > [adjective] > relating to shop > types of shop high streetc1600 co-op1872 multiple1903 fixed price1907 serve-self1909 serve-yourself1909 quick-service1910 self-serve1910 self-service1912 drive-through1918 Army and Navy1919 drive-in1930 one-stop1933 Army-Navy1934 full-service1934 mom-and-pop1942 walkround1950 ma-and-pa1965 pop-up1993 1950 Times 11 Sept. 10/6 (advt.) Modern shop premises designed as a walk-round store. 1974 P. Wright Lang. Brit. Industry xiii. 120 Walk~round store (where the goods are so accessible that you may be tempted to buy far more than you need). 2007 G. Dudeney Internet & Lang. Classroom (ed. 2) ii. 86 Organise a walkround market, with students bartering with each other to exchange what they have for things they really want. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.adj.1861 |
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