| 单词 |
slummock |
| 释义 |
▪ I. ˈslummock, v.
Also slummuck.
[var. of the common dial. slommack, slammack: see the Eng. Dial. Dict.]
1. trans. To eat up greedily.
1854P. B. St. John Amy Moss 64 They must be in force. They've slummucked the pigs and the cow-beef, and left no mark.
2. intr. To move about awkwardly or clumsily. Also transf. of speech.
1883A. E. T. Watson Racecourse & Covert Side 291 Don't let his head go too loose, or else he'll slummock all over the place. 1893Kipling Many Invent. 234 His speech, which up to that time had been distinct,..began to slur, and slide, and slummock.
▪ II. ˈslummock, n. dial. and colloq.
[Var. of dial. slammock: see Eng. Dial. Dict. and slummock v.]
A dirty, untidy, or slovenly person; a slut. Freq. as a disrespectful term of address. Cf. slammakin n. 2.
19th.-cent. dial. examples in Eng. Dial. Dict. s.v. Slammock n.
1932‘L. G. Gibbon’ Sunset Song 186 Chris found herself dancing with Mistress Mutch, the great, easy-going slummock. 1953L. Hill tr. Anouilh's Waltz of Toreadors in J. C. Trewin Plays of Year VIII. 444 A slummock, a girl who hasn't even washed! 1966M. Kelly Dead Corse i. 10 ‘You are the greatest slummock,’ she said. ‘How can you bear to lie on an unmade bed?’ 1974P. Flower Odd Job ix. 59 He wiped Norah's table-top... Norah was a slummock. |
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