-timercomb. form

Primary stress is attracted to the first syllable of this combining form, e.g. three-timer Brit.

/ˌθriːˈtʌɪmə/, U.S.

/ˌθriˈtaɪmər/.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: time n., -er suffix¹.

Etymology: < time n. + -er suffix¹.

Following an ordinal number or (later) a numeral: forming compounds denoting a person, etc., who has done or experienced something a specified number of times. See also first timer n. at first adj., adv., and n.² Compounds 1b(b).In early use chiefly with reference to prisoners who are repeat offenders.

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1877 W. H. Thomson Five Years' Penal Servitude vi. 364 Men who are imprisoned for a first offence..should most certainly be kept perfectly distinct from ‘second timers’, and not on any account be brought into contact with old offenders, who in too many cases simply complete their education in vice.

1881 Daily Evening Bull. (San Francisco) 22 July Second timers should be worked more severely than first offenders.

1894 19th Cent. Dec. 877 Young could easily be located apart from old offenders; first from second and third timers.

1917 School & Society 20 Oct. 480/2 Second offenders were comparatively few, and third and fourth timers almost nil.

1938 Accident Repeater (Chicago Park District Traffic Surv.: W.P.A. Project 3828) iii. 13 Every driver who had three or more accidents, termed a three-timer, appeared in the sorting as a two-timer until he had his third accident.

1985 New York 22 Apr. (Special Advertising section) 7 a/3 He's won the event the last two years. I'm betting he'll become a three-timer on May 12.

1995 P. Norris & J. Lovenduski Polit. Recruitm. 304 Some Labour second-timers did particularly well, compared with neighbouring constituencies.

2007 M. Kreidler Four Days to Glory ii. 15 Everybody—just everybody—understands the difference between a champion and a four-timer. A champion rattles a community. A four-timer shakes a state.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	-timer
释义	-timercomb. form Primary stress is attracted to the first syllable of this combining form, e.g. three-timer Brit. /ˌθriːˈtʌɪmə/, U.S. /ˌθriˈtaɪmər/. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: time n., -er suffix¹. Etymology: < time n. + -er suffix¹. Following an ordinal number or (later) a numeral: forming compounds denoting a person, etc., who has done or experienced something a specified number of times. See also first timer n. at first adj., adv., and n.² Compounds 1b(b).In early use chiefly with reference to prisoners who are repeat offenders. ΚΠ 1877 W. H. Thomson Five Years' Penal Servitude vi. 364 Men who are imprisoned for a first offence..should most certainly be kept perfectly distinct from ‘second timers’, and not on any account be brought into contact with old offenders, who in too many cases simply complete their education in vice. 1881 Daily Evening Bull. (San Francisco) 22 July Second timers should be worked more severely than first offenders. 1894 19th Cent. Dec. 877 Young could easily be located apart from old offenders; first from second and third timers. 1917 School & Society 20 Oct. 480/2 Second offenders were comparatively few, and third and fourth timers almost nil. 1938 Accident Repeater (Chicago Park District Traffic Surv.: W.P.A. Project 3828) iii. 13 Every driver who had three or more accidents, termed a three-timer, appeared in the sorting as a two-timer until he had his third accident. 1985 New York 22 Apr. (Special Advertising section) 7 a/3 He's won the event the last two years. I'm betting he'll become a three-timer on May 12. 1995 P. Norris & J. Lovenduski Polit. Recruitm. 304 Some Labour second-timers did particularly well, compared with neighbouring constituencies. 2007 M. Kreidler Four Days to Glory ii. 15 Everybody—just everybody—understands the difference between a champion and a four-timer. A champion rattles a community. A four-timer shakes a state. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < comb. form1877
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