单词 | california |
释义 | Californian.† Money. Obsolete slang. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > money > [noun] silverc825 feec870 pennieseOE wortheOE mintOE scata1122 spense?c1225 spendinga1290 sumc1300 gooda1325 moneya1325 cattlec1330 muckc1330 reasona1382 pecunyc1400 gilt1497 argentc1500 gelta1529 Mammon1539 ale silver1541 scruff1559 the sinews of war1560 sterling1565 lour1567 will-do-all1583 shell1591 trasha1592 quinyie1596 brass1597 pecuniary1604 dust1607 nomisma1614 countera1616 cross and pilea1625 gingerbreada1625 rhinoa1628 cash1646 grig1657 spanker1663 cole1673 goree1699 mopus1699 quid1699 ribbin1699 bustle1763 necessary1772 stuff1775 needfula1777 iron1785 (the) Spanish1788 pecuniar1793 kelter1807 dibs1812 steven1812 pewter1814 brad1819 pogue1819 rent1823 stumpy1828 posh1830 L. S. D.1835 rivetc1835 tin1836 mint sauce1839 nobbins1846 ochre1846 dingbat1848 dough1848 cheese1850 California1851 mali1851 ducat1853 pay dirt1853 boodle?1856 dinero1856 scad1856 the shiny1856 spondulicks1857 rust1858 soap1860 sugar1862 coin1874 filthy1876 wampum1876 ooftish1877 shekel1883 oil1885 oof1885 mon1888 Jack1890 sploshc1890 bees and honey1892 spending-brass1896 stiff1897 mazuma1900 mazoom1901 cabbage1903 lettuce1903 Oscar Asche1905 jingle1906 doubloons1908 kale1912 scratch1914 green1917 oscar1917 snow1925 poke1926 oodle1930 potatos1931 bread1935 moolah1936 acker1939 moo1941 lolly1943 loot1943 poppy1943 mazoola1944 dosh1953 bickies1966 lovely jubbly1990 scrilla1994 1851 London at Table i. 5 Some ‘California’, as the fast young men of the day term ‘money’, is necessary for these houses. 1852 C. M. Yonge Two Guardians xi. 183 You had plenty of money... I know you keep California in your pocket. Compounds C1. Used attributively, esp. in the names of various species of animals and plants; = Californian adj.; California partridge n. or California quail Lophortyx californica. ΚΠ 1831 F. W. Beechey Narr. Voy. to Pacific II. 81 The California quail (tetrao virginianus). 1840 R. H. Dana Two Years before Mast xiv. 108 A few hides were brought down, which we carried off in the California style. 1840 R. H. Dana Two Years before Mast xiv. 109 Telling us that it was ‘California fashion’ to carry two on the head at a time. 1846 in Calif. Hist. Soc. Q. V. 380 I begin to conclude that californea Horses are not a hardy race of animals. 1869 Amer. Naturalist 3 518 California Hawk. Buteo Cooperii. 1874 E. Coues Birds Northwest 363 Ferrugineous Buzzard, or California Squirrel Hawk. 1881 Appletons' Ann. Cycl. 1880 312/2 Ceanothus thyrsiflorus is a small tree producing an abundance of light blue flowers, and known as the California lilac. 1891 F. F. Victor Atlantis Arisen 225 The California poppy, Eschscholtzia, is found in Southern Oregon. 1911 Daily Colonist (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) 15 Apr. 6/3 A California grey whale, the first to be captured off the Island coast, has been brought in to the Sechart whaling station. 1926 Daily Colonist (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) 16 July 4/4 My attention has been drawn recently to some California poppies, growing on the roadside along the Malahat [Road]. 1927 C. M. Russell Trails plowed Under 3 A high-forked, full-stamped California saddle. 1967 ‘E. Queen’ Face to Face xxi. 96 A bottle of undistinguished California burgundy. C2. California fever n. colloquial, laziness. ΚΠ 1840 R. H. Dana Two Years before Mast xxi. 216 If the ‘California fever’ (laziness) spares the first generation, it always attacks the second. California jack n. ‘a game of cards resembling all-fours’ ( Cent. Dict.). ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > card game > other card games > [noun] > all fours all fours1674 seven-up1830 old sledge1834 pitch1860 California jack1865 Pedro Sancho1875 cinch1889 high five1889 Californian jack1893 sell-out- 1865 Manch. Guardian 4 Mar. 6/1 Players..become absorbed in the mysteries of ‘Euchre,’ ‘Seven up,’ ‘California Jack,’ or ‘Poker.’ 1882 J. W. Steele Frontier Army Sketches (1883) 50 Here is the down-east Yankee..turning his native cunning to account at poker and California jack. 1921 C. E. Mulford Bar-20 Three iii. 39 For two hours they sat and played California jack in plain sight of the street. 1982 Mod. Age 26 374/2 They played California Jack every night. 2008 Guardian (Nexis) 22 Nov. (Mag.) 35 California jack is a faster and more cut-throat descendant of all fours. California toothpick n. a bowie-knife. ΚΠ 1856 W. G. Simms Eutaw 142 A weapon only inferior in size and weight to the modern ‘California toothpick’. California widow n. (see quot.) ΚΠ 1889 J. S. Farmer Americanisms California widow, a married woman whose husband is away from her for any extended period. Derivatives Californiaized adj. ΚΠ 1873 J. H. Beadle Undeveloped West ix. 156 Most of the business men were ‘Californiaized Jews’,—an improved variety of the race. Draft additions June 2007 California king n. originally U.S. a size of bed that is longer but slightly narrower than conventional king size (also more fully California king size); (also) a mattress or bed of this size; frequently attributive. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > bed > types of bed > [noun] > specific sizes of bed double bed1839 three-quarter bed1919 twin bed1919 queen1955 California king size1957 California king1983 society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > bed > bedding > [noun] > mattress > other types box mattress1855 poncho mattress1862 overlay mattress1907 biscuit1915 dog biscuit1925 Posturepedic1946 interior spring mattress1948 California king1997 1957 Fresno (Calif.) Bee 14 July 7 c ‘California’ king size..72″ x 84″ mattress and box spring. 1983 N.Y. Times (Electronic ed.) 2 June c8 A large California king sheet. 1997 Calgary (Alberta) Herald (Nexis) 12 Nov. a10 King-size mattresses have morphed into giant California Kings. 2005 Interior Design Feb. 91 [The bed] comes in three standard sizes, including California king. Draft additions January 2011 attributive. In Japanese cookery: designating a variety of maki zushi having a filling containing avocado and cooked (imitation) crabmeat or other shellfish. Esp. in California roll. ΚΠ 1979 Gourmet Sept. 121/2 Sushi. California maki; tamago yaki; tekka maki. Lunch & dinner à la carte. 1979 Los Angeles Times 25 Nov. (Calendar section) 117/1 A ‘California roll’..of shrimp, avocado, the rice rolled in sesame seeds, a cucumber ‘flower’ sprouting from the middle. 1987 Chicago Tribune vii. 35/1 Ohba Restaurant:..California maki sushi with avocado, crab and wabasi [read wasabi]. 1997 J. Steingarten Man who ate Everything (1998) i. 75 I eat avocados in guacamole and in California rolls at Americanized sushi bars. 2005 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 8 Jan. l9/4 We ask for California handroll. 2007 Horizons (British Airways) May 100/2 I..go out for sushi (favourite dish: California roll). 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