释义 |
mensh|mɛnʃ| Also mench. Colloq. abbrev. of mention n. and v.; freq. in phr. don't mensh, = don't mention it (see mention v. 1 c).
1937in Partridge Dict. Slang 517/1. 1955 ‘G. Carr’ Corpse at Camp Two iii. 40 ‘Pray forgive my tactlessness.’.. ‘Don't mench, sir.’ 1961J. Dawson Ha-Ha ii. 31 ‘I'm sorry to hear it.’ ‘Thank you, not at all, don't mensh.’ 1968C. Watson Flaxborough Crab iii. 35 ‘Thank you very much.’ ‘Don't mensh.’ 1973Times 27 Apr. 4/3 One little boy asked if we could ‘have a mensh [mention] for Aunty Dora who fell down the stairs and broke her leg’. 1974F. Nolan Oshawa Project iii. 24 ‘Thanks, Lucky.’ ‘Don't mensh, don't mensh,’ Luciano said. |