butterboxn.

Brit.

/ˈbʌtəbɒks/, U.S.

/ˈbədərˌbɑks/

Forms: see butter n.¹ and box n.²

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: butter n.¹, box n.²

Etymology: < butter n.¹ + box n.²

1. slang (derogatory). A Dutchman. Also: a Dutch ship. Now historical and rare (Nautical in later use).With reference to the fact that the Dutch were regarded as being prolific eaters of butter (cf. butterbag n., butter-mouth n. at butter n.¹ Compounds 3).

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the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Europe > native or inhabitant of the Low Countries > [noun] > the Dutch > native or inhabitant of Holland

Hollandera1549

Netherlander1555

Hans1569

Low Dutchman1576

butterbox1595

Dutchman1596

Statesman1603

hogan1649

frog1652

hogen mogen1652

Froglander1673

sooterkin1680

mynheer1701

Dutcher1818

society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > vessels from specific country or region > [noun] > Dutch

Rotterdammer1619

Dutchman1657

Hollander1708

butterbox1929

1595 A. Copley Wits Fittes & Fancies iv. 129 Finding a Dutch-man there working at the Presse, straight stept vnto him, and snatching the balles out of his hands, gaue him a good cuffe on the eare, & sayd: Why how now (Butter-boxe?)

1600 T. Dekker Shomakers Holiday sig. C3 We haue not men enow, but we must entertaine euerie butter-boxe.

1630 P. Massinger Renegado ii. v. sig. E1^v Some low cuntrey butterbox.

1672 H. Stubbe Justif. War against Netherlands 79 The World is coming to a fine pass when these Butter-boxes presume to teach all Europe Civility.

1716 Shift Shifted 11 Aug. 87/2 Hogen Mogen is snug in his Butter-box, growling and plodding how he may..transform the Beefeaters to Butter-boxes.

1775 T. Bridges Dutchman i. iv. 13 He confine me, a son of a Dutch—Butter-box!

1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. 148 Butter-box..A cant term for a Dutchman.

1929 F. C. Bowen Sea Slang 21 Butter Box..Dutch ship or seaman.

1978 P. O'Brian Desolation Island vi. 145 You may call them Butterboxes..but they thumped us most cruelly not so very long ago.

2. A wooden box for holding butter. Now chiefly historical.

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the world > food and drink > food > container for food > [noun] > container for butter

butter-kit1567

butter barrel1608

butterbox1614

cool1792

1614 W. Browne Shepheards Pipe vi. sig. E6^v See how cleane he lickes Your Butter-boxe.

a1665 K. Digby Closet Opened (1669) 211 Then put this mixtion into a deep Woodden dish (like a great Butter-box) which must first be on the inside a little greased with Butter.

1713 T. Rands Pax in Crumena 17 The Author,..hanging his Haversack upon his Pistol, the Cornet's Horse attack'd it, eat his Bread, and broke his Butter-Box.

1749 T. Nugent Grand Tour I. 37 The common people seldom go upon a journey without a butter-box in their pockets.

1807 Newcastle Courant 31 Oct. (advt.) Cream Bowls; Butter Boxes; Sugar Basons.

1831 E. L. Hazelius tr. J. H. Jung-Stilling Life ii. 14 In the early part of his youth he had transformed..a wooden butter box into a compass, for the purpose of making geometrical observations.

1874 Contemp. Rev. 24 698 The wits declared that Denmark had sent a hundred thousand herrings, Holland a hundred thousand butter-boxes.

1917 Internat. Rev. Agric. Econ. Nov. 26 Something like 2,000,000 feet of timber are felled and then milled and converted into butter boxes and cheese crates each year.

1956 N. K. Wallis Austral. Timber Handbk. 3 Hoop pine is used for joinery, cabinet work, butter boxes, and for plywood, much of the latter being exported to other States.

2008 J. Quinn Goodnight Ballivor x. 54 A strong butter-box could serve a multitude of uses in the home.

3. U.S. The bufflehead duck, Bucephala albeola, which acquires a layer of fat in the autumn. Now rare.Cf. butter-duck n. at butter n.¹ Compounds 4, butterball n. 2a.

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the world > animals > birds > freshwater birds > order Anseriformes (geese, etc.) > subfamily Merginae (duck) > [noun] > genus Bucephala > bucephala albeola (bufflehead)

buffel duck1732

spirit duck1785

butterbox1806

butterballa1813

marionette1838

bufflehead1858

Scotchman1888

1806 M. Lewis Jrnl. 9 Mar. in Jrnls. Lewis & Clark Exped. (1990) VI. 397 I take this to be the Same Species of duck common to the ohio, as also the atlantic Coast, and Sometimes called the butter box.

a1813 A. Wilson Amer. Ornithol. (1814) VIII. 51 Buffel-headed Duck…usually known by the name of the Butter-box, or Butter-ball.

1874 J. W. Long Amer. Wild-fowl Shooting xxix. 281 Local names [of the buffle-headed duck]: butter-box, butter-ball, and little whistler.

1932 D. Stoner Ornithol. Oneida Lake Region (Roosevelt Wild Life Annals) Jan. 409 Buffle-head. Charitonetta albeola... Owing to the thick layer of fat which covers the body the species has acquired the names of butterball and butterbox among gunners.

4. slang (depreciative, originally Nautical). A small, boxy boat or other vehicle. Now Australian.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > vessel of specific construction or shape > [noun] > having specific overall shape

butterbox1840

cigar-ship1869

flat-iron1886

toothpick1897

pig1898

society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > cart, carriage, or wagon > [noun] > resembling a butter-box

butterbox1909

1840 R. H. Dana Two Years before Mast ix. 76 She was the Loriotte,..and was engaged in this trade. She was a lump of a thing—what the sailors call a butter-box.

1851 H. Melville Moby-Dick xvi. 76 You may have seen many a quaint craft in your day,..butter-box galliots, and what not.

1864 Atlantic Monthly Nov. 619/1 Dern'd 'f I 'd 'a' come, 'f I 'd 'a' known th' old butter-box was goin' to be s' frisky.

1909 N.Y. Evening Post 28 Jan. What New York youngster ever heard of a butterbox? This is the name applied [in the country] to the spring wagons of farmer and grocer, divested of wheels and set up on runners for the winter season.

1987 W. Hagelund Whalers no More ii. 26 Roy and I..were given a wooden butter box and directed to take it out in the harbour a quarter of a cable or so.

2003 Sunday Mail (Queensland, Austral.) (Nexis) 1 June 95 ‘Another little butterbox?’ Now, I'm sure my wife didn't mean to be offensive to the little Honda Jazz that had just arrived in our driveway.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	butterbox
释义	butterboxn. Brit. /ˈbʌtəbɒks/, U.S. /ˈbədərˌbɑks/ Forms: see butter n.¹ and box n.² Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: butter n.¹, box n.² Etymology: < butter n.¹ + box n.² 1. slang (derogatory). A Dutchman. Also: a Dutch ship. Now historical and rare (Nautical in later use).With reference to the fact that the Dutch were regarded as being prolific eaters of butter (cf. butterbag n., butter-mouth n. at butter n.¹ Compounds 3). ΘΚΠ the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Europe > native or inhabitant of the Low Countries > [noun] > the Dutch > native or inhabitant of Holland Hollandera1549 Netherlander1555 Hans1569 Low Dutchman1576 butterbox1595 Dutchman1596 Statesman1603 hogan1649 frog1652 hogen mogen1652 Froglander1673 sooterkin1680 mynheer1701 Dutcher1818 society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > vessels from specific country or region > [noun] > Dutch Rotterdammer1619 Dutchman1657 Hollander1708 butterbox1929 1595 A. Copley Wits Fittes & Fancies iv. 129 Finding a Dutch-man there working at the Presse, straight stept vnto him, and snatching the balles out of his hands, gaue him a good cuffe on the eare, & sayd: Why how now (Butter-boxe?) 1600 T. Dekker Shomakers Holiday sig. C3 We haue not men enow, but we must entertaine euerie butter-boxe. 1630 P. Massinger Renegado ii. v. sig. E1^v Some low cuntrey butterbox. 1672 H. Stubbe Justif. War against Netherlands 79 The World is coming to a fine pass when these Butter-boxes presume to teach all Europe Civility. 1716 Shift Shifted 11 Aug. 87/2 Hogen Mogen is snug in his Butter-box, growling and plodding how he may..transform the Beefeaters to Butter-boxes. 1775 T. Bridges Dutchman i. iv. 13 He confine me, a son of a Dutch—Butter-box! 1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. 148 Butter-box..A cant term for a Dutchman. 1929 F. C. Bowen Sea Slang 21 Butter Box..Dutch ship or seaman. 1978 P. O'Brian Desolation Island vi. 145 You may call them Butterboxes..but they thumped us most cruelly not so very long ago. 2. A wooden box for holding butter. Now chiefly historical. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > container for food > [noun] > container for butter butter-kit1567 butter barrel1608 butterbox1614 cool1792 1614 W. Browne Shepheards Pipe vi. sig. E6^v See how cleane he lickes Your Butter-boxe. a1665 K. Digby Closet Opened (1669) 211 Then put this mixtion into a deep Woodden dish (like a great Butter-box) which must first be on the inside a little greased with Butter. 1713 T. Rands Pax in Crumena 17 The Author,..hanging his Haversack upon his Pistol, the Cornet's Horse attack'd it, eat his Bread, and broke his Butter-Box. 1749 T. Nugent Grand Tour I. 37 The common people seldom go upon a journey without a butter-box in their pockets. 1807 Newcastle Courant 31 Oct. (advt.) Cream Bowls; Butter Boxes; Sugar Basons. 1831 E. L. Hazelius tr. J. H. Jung-Stilling Life ii. 14 In the early part of his youth he had transformed..a wooden butter box into a compass, for the purpose of making geometrical observations. 1874 Contemp. Rev. 24 698 The wits declared that Denmark had sent a hundred thousand herrings, Holland a hundred thousand butter-boxes. 1917 Internat. Rev. Agric. Econ. Nov. 26 Something like 2,000,000 feet of timber are felled and then milled and converted into butter boxes and cheese crates each year. 1956 N. K. Wallis Austral. Timber Handbk. 3 Hoop pine is used for joinery, cabinet work, butter boxes, and for plywood, much of the latter being exported to other States. 2008 J. Quinn Goodnight Ballivor x. 54 A strong butter-box could serve a multitude of uses in the home. 3. U.S. The bufflehead duck, Bucephala albeola, which acquires a layer of fat in the autumn. Now rare.Cf. butter-duck n. at butter n.¹ Compounds 4, butterball n. 2a. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > freshwater birds > order Anseriformes (geese, etc.) > subfamily Merginae (duck) > [noun] > genus Bucephala > bucephala albeola (bufflehead) buffel duck1732 spirit duck1785 butterbox1806 butterballa1813 marionette1838 bufflehead1858 Scotchman1888 1806 M. Lewis Jrnl. 9 Mar. in Jrnls. Lewis & Clark Exped. (1990) VI. 397 I take this to be the Same Species of duck common to the ohio, as also the atlantic Coast, and Sometimes called the butter box. a1813 A. Wilson Amer. Ornithol. (1814) VIII. 51 Buffel-headed Duck…usually known by the name of the Butter-box, or Butter-ball. 1874 J. W. Long Amer. Wild-fowl Shooting xxix. 281 Local names [of the buffle-headed duck]: butter-box, butter-ball, and little whistler. 1932 D. Stoner Ornithol. Oneida Lake Region (Roosevelt Wild Life Annals) Jan. 409 Buffle-head. Charitonetta albeola... Owing to the thick layer of fat which covers the body the species has acquired the names of butterball and butterbox among gunners. 4. slang (depreciative, originally Nautical). A small, boxy boat or other vehicle. Now Australian. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > vessel of specific construction or shape > [noun] > having specific overall shape butterbox1840 cigar-ship1869 flat-iron1886 toothpick1897 pig1898 society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > cart, carriage, or wagon > [noun] > resembling a butter-box butterbox1909 1840 R. H. Dana Two Years before Mast ix. 76 She was the Loriotte,..and was engaged in this trade. She was a lump of a thing—what the sailors call a butter-box. 1851 H. Melville Moby-Dick xvi. 76 You may have seen many a quaint craft in your day,..butter-box galliots, and what not. 1864 Atlantic Monthly Nov. 619/1 Dern'd 'f I 'd 'a' come, 'f I 'd 'a' known th' old butter-box was goin' to be s' frisky. 1909 N.Y. Evening Post 28 Jan. What New York youngster ever heard of a butterbox? This is the name applied [in the country] to the spring wagons of farmer and grocer, divested of wheels and set up on runners for the winter season. 1987 W. Hagelund Whalers no More ii. 26 Roy and I..were given a wooden butter box and directed to take it out in the harbour a quarter of a cable or so. 2003 Sunday Mail (Queensland, Austral.) (Nexis) 1 June 95 ‘Another little butterbox?’ Now, I'm sure my wife didn't mean to be offensive to the little Honda Jazz that had just arrived in our driveway. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1595
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