Alibi Iken.

Brit.

/ˌalᵻbʌɪ ˈʌɪk/, U.S.

/ˈˌæləˌbaɪ ˈaɪk/

Origin: From a proper name. Etymon: proper name Alibi Ike.

Etymology: < Alibi Ike, the nickname of a fictional baseball player who constantly invents excuses for everything. Compare alibi n.Alibi Ike is the eponymous character of a story published in 1915 by R. Lardner (1885–1933).

U.S.

A person who continually makes excuses for his or her actions.

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1915 Chicago Tribune 12 June ii. 17/8 (headline) ‘Alibi Ike’ Frank jailed on old charge, but defense gets him out.

1915 Boston Evening Globe 2 Oct. ‘I deserved to lose.’.. Thus remarked Francis Ouimet... There is nothing of an ‘Alibi Ike’ about Francis.

1950 Pop. Sci. May 87/2 (advt.) Are you an Alibi Ike..? Do you make excuses when you show your movies?

1981 D. Elkind Hurried Child viii. 172 Others become ‘Alibi Ikes’, who invent elaborate excuses and justifications for their repeated school failures.

2002 N.Y. Post (Nexis) 13 Mar. 67 A locker-room thief ranks at the very bottom of the sporting low-life depth chart, even lower than losers, quitters,..Alibi Ikes [etc.].

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	alibi ike
释义	Alibi Iken. Brit. /ˌalᵻbʌɪ ˈʌɪk/, U.S. /ˈˌæləˌbaɪ ˈaɪk/ Origin: From a proper name. Etymon: proper name Alibi Ike. Etymology: < Alibi Ike, the nickname of a fictional baseball player who constantly invents excuses for everything. Compare alibi n.Alibi Ike is the eponymous character of a story published in 1915 by R. Lardner (1885–1933). U.S. A person who continually makes excuses for his or her actions. ΚΠ 1915 Chicago Tribune 12 June ii. 17/8 (headline) ‘Alibi Ike’ Frank jailed on old charge, but defense gets him out. 1915 Boston Evening Globe 2 Oct. ‘I deserved to lose.’.. Thus remarked Francis Ouimet... There is nothing of an ‘Alibi Ike’ about Francis. 1950 Pop. Sci. May 87/2 (advt.) Are you an Alibi Ike..? Do you make excuses when you show your movies? 1981 D. Elkind Hurried Child viii. 172 Others become ‘Alibi Ikes’, who invent elaborate excuses and justifications for their repeated school failures. 2002 N.Y. Post (Nexis) 13 Mar. 67 A locker-room thief ranks at the very bottom of the sporting low-life depth chart, even lower than losers, quitters,..Alibi Ikes [etc.]. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1915
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