| 释义 |
bonce|bɒns|
[Origin unknown; ? related to bounce.]
1. a. A large marble for playing with. b. A game played with such marbles.
1862Yng. England I. 141 Bonce is played with very large marbles. One boy pitches his bonce, and another tries to strike it, each throwing by turns. 1865Furnivall in Reader No. 146. 420/3 Little boys playing at bonce.
2. The head. slang.
1889in Barrère & Leland Dict. Slang 158/1. 1909 J. R. Ware Passing English 42/1 Look out, or I'll fetch you a whack across the bonse. 1959I. & P. Opie Lore & Lang. Schoolchildren ix. 155 Children go in for short sharp words, as..‘bonce’, ‘block’, and ‘dome’ for head. 1962L. Deighton Ipcress File xv. 91 This threat..[is] going to be forever hanging over your bonce like Damocles' chopper. |