carve-upn.

Brit.

/ˈkɑːvʌp/, U.S.

/ˈkɑrvˌəp/

Etymology: < carve v. 10a, 10b

slang.

(The situation resulting from) a sharing of spoils; a division, sharing-out, cutting-up (with derogatory contextual overtones). In quot. 1935 the reference is to money bequeathed in a will.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > giving > distributing or dealing out > [noun] > dividing and sharing out

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carve-up1935

1935 M. Harrison Spring in Tartarus i. 27 The de Launes hadn't a tosser between them. Oh my Lord, what a carve up!

1936 ‘J. Curtis’ Gilt Kid ix. 92 There would probably be a carve-up at the end when it came to sharing out the dough. Scaley was certainly the sort of man to stick to more than his fair share.

1943 ‘R. Llewellyn’ None but Lonely Heart xxxiv. 251 ‘How much can we make a week?’..‘Depends on the carve up,’ Slush says.

1959 News Chron. 3 July 6/6 In practice it is a carve-up among the Big Four.

1961 Guardian 12 Jan. 8/2 Public monopoly is preferable to commercial carve-up.

1963 Times 24 Jan. 5/1 Is the selection of justices of the peace in Britain..a ‘political carve-up’, as alleged by some of the more vociferous of the system's opponents?

1963 Times 29 Apr. 7/6 Apart from one farcical carve-up of a passage from Coriolanus, the exercises owed nothing to written drama.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	carve-up
释义	carve-upn. Brit. /ˈkɑːvʌp/, U.S. /ˈkɑrvˌəp/ Etymology: < carve v. 10a, 10b slang. (The situation resulting from) a sharing of spoils; a division, sharing-out, cutting-up (with derogatory contextual overtones). In quot. 1935 the reference is to money bequeathed in a will. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > giving > distributing or dealing out > [noun] > dividing and sharing out partingc1330 departinga1340 divisionc1380 partition1429 departison1444 dividentc1450 skiftingc1450 partage1484 portiona1513 departition?c1530 dividend1535 portioning1556 reparting1574 repartment1574 parcery1582 sharing1598 apportion1628 compartition1636 department1677 dividing1719 whacking1851 partitionment1864 divide1873 share-out1877 whack1885 sharesies1916 carve-up1935 1935 M. Harrison Spring in Tartarus i. 27 The de Launes hadn't a tosser between them. Oh my Lord, what a carve up! 1936 ‘J. Curtis’ Gilt Kid ix. 92 There would probably be a carve-up at the end when it came to sharing out the dough. Scaley was certainly the sort of man to stick to more than his fair share. 1943 ‘R. Llewellyn’ None but Lonely Heart xxxiv. 251 ‘How much can we make a week?’..‘Depends on the carve up,’ Slush says. 1959 News Chron. 3 July 6/6 In practice it is a carve-up among the Big Four. 1961 Guardian 12 Jan. 8/2 Public monopoly is preferable to commercial carve-up. 1963 Times 24 Jan. 5/1 Is the selection of justices of the peace in Britain..a ‘political carve-up’, as alleged by some of the more vociferous of the system's opponents? 1963 Times 29 Apr. 7/6 Apart from one farcical carve-up of a passage from Coriolanus, the exercises owed nothing to written drama. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1935
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