doorstepn.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: door n., step n.¹

Etymology: < door n. + step n.¹Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈdoor-step.

a. The step at the threshold of a door, raised above the level of the ground outside.

ΘΚΠ

society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > window or door > parts of door > [noun] > threshold or door-step

thresholdeOE

hirst1513

groundsel1523

treadsole1543

door-sill1570

sill1600

step-stone1605

doorstep1810

1810 A. Cunningham et al. Remains Nithsdale & Galloway Song 301 (Jam.) Coupe yere dish-water farther frae yere door-step.

1841 C. Dickens Old Curiosity Shop ii. lxv. 165 She..sat down upon a door-step.

1879 L. Stephen Hours in Libr. 3rd Ser. ii. 82 The prudent person whose charity ends at his own doorstep.

b. slang. A thick slice of bread.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > bread > piece of bread > [noun] > slice of bread > thick slice

whang1683

doorstep1885

doormat1935

1885 Eng. Illustr. Mag. June 604/2 ‘Doorsteps’, I found, were thick slices of bread spread with jam.

1924 D. H. Lawrence & M. L. Skinner Boy in Bush iv. 55 Everybody..chewed huge doorsteps of bread.

1933 W. de la Mare Lord Fish 88 The door-step [proved to be] a slab of bread with a scrimp of margarine.

1959 Times 5 Nov. 13/6 There is..nothing exclusive about the childish use of..‘door step’ for a thick piece of bread.

1969 Listener 17 Apr. 533/3 Won't you slice me a doorstep please?

Phrases

on the (or one's) doorstep, near by.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > distance > nearness > near by [phrase]

nigh handlOE

of (also from, in) nigh?c1225

at the gate1340

near at handa1400

nearhanda1400

nigh at handa1400

nigh byc1460

nearbyc1480

on the doorstep1957

on the (or one's) doorstep1957

1957 A. Huxley Let. 8 Apr. (1969) 823 The ultimate revolution..is here on our doorstep.

1958 A. White tr. Colette Claudine in Paris iv. 30 Just a few yards from here, there's a delightful flat, and we'd be practically on each other's doorsteps.

1959 Listener 26 Nov. 945/3 Mr. Conrad Aiken has called it ‘..a classic right on the doorstep’.

Compounds

attributive (frequently figurative).

ΚΠ

1906 Daily Chron. 4 Jan. 4/1 Dr. Cooper's fight is in every respect a ‘doorstep’ affair.

1908 Daily Chron. 20 Feb. 3/5 All the prisoners concerned in the ‘doorstep’ campaign.

1909 Westm. Gaz. 25 Oct. 9/2 We still want doorstep workers.

1909 Daily Chron. 30 Dec. 3/4 The Christmas-boxes that custom decrees, are as follows... This..includes only the doorstep tributes.

1949 E. Blunden After Bombing 17 Japan's young children, staring shy..From mother's back Or door~step-side.

1952 New Statesman 29 Mar. 370/3 Most visitors brought doorstep sandwiches and huge home-made pasties to eat with their pint-pots of tea.

1963 Times 1 Feb. 6/3 Lord Champion said hire-purchase commitments were often entered into through a stupid desire to keep up with the Joneses. This feeling was exploited by doorstep salesmen.

1970 J. Porter Rather Common Sort of Crime ii. 20 A wide experience of doorstep salesmen had taught her to examine life's doorstep offers with the utmost care.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2021).

doorstepv.

Brit.

/ˈdɔːstɛp/, U.S.

/ˈdɔrˌstɛp/

Etymology: < doorstep n. n.

colloquial.

1. transitive. To abandon (a child for whom one is responsible) to the care of someone else; to leave or ‘park’ with a child-minder.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > care, protection, or charge > care for, protect, or have charge of [verb (transitive)] > commit to care or custody of another

givea1000

beteachc1000

teachc1000

betake1297

trust1340

bekena1375

commenda1382

putc1390

recommanda1393

commitc1405

recommendc1405

resignc1425

allot1473

commise1474

commanda1500

consign1528

in charge (of)1548

credit1559

incommend1574

entrusta1586

aret1590

be-giftc1590

concredit1593

betrust1619

concrede1643

subcommit1681

to farm out1786

confide1861

fide1863

doorstep1945

to foster out1960

1945 N. Mitford Pursuit of Love ii. 13 When it became obvious..that my parents intended to doorstep me, Aunt Sadie had wanted to bring me up with Linda.

1985 Daily Tel. 8 Nov. 14/2 Her early years were largely spent being doorstepped on anyone available.

a. intransitive. To go from door to door selling, canvassing, etc.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > move in a certain direction [verb (intransitive)] > from door to door

doorstep1966

society > trade and finance > selling > sell [verb (intransitive)] > practise itinerant selling

hawk1542

aginate1623

peddle1650

higgle1790

travel1937

doorstep1966

society > travel > aspects of travel > travel from place to place > [verb (intransitive)] > go from door to door selling, etc.

doorstep1966

1966 Daily Tel. 28 Mar. 22/3 Dr. David Owen, a young St. Thomas' Hospital research graduate, is doorstepping assiduously in politically doubtful streets.

1982 Times 8 Mar. 3/2 Up to 50 volunteers a night have been door-stepping and distributing leaflets.

1986 Sunday Express Mag. 3 Aug. 14/1 He shook hands and doorstepped like a pro.

b. transitive. Of a press reporter, etc.: to call upon or wait on the doorstep for (someone), in order to obtain an interview, photograph, etc. Also transferred.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > journalism > [verb (transitive)] > wait on doorstep to interview (a person)

doorstep1981

1981 Listener 19 Feb. 230/2 Jane Drabble and I decided to doorstep him.

1985 Guardian 6 Nov. 32/8 Sara's views about the ‘frightful men’ from that newspaper who doorstepped her.

1987 Daily Tel. 5 Jan. 3/6 The incident..came amid mounting Royal Family anger with newspaper and freelance photographers ‘doorstepping’ their annual holiday, who had ignored informal requests to leave.

1990 Observer 17 June 19/7 Immediately after the revolution, it was they who were afraid, running from our cameras... It would be madness to doorstep the Securitate today.

Derivatives

ˈdoorstepper n. one who doorsteps.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > selling > seller > [noun] > itinerant or pedlar

pedder1166

pedlar1307

dustyfoota1400

tranter1500

hawker1510

jagger?1518

jowter1550

pedder-coffec1550

pedderman1552

petty chapman1553

swadder1567

packman1571

merchant1572

swigman1575

chapman?1593

aginator1623

crier1727

duffer1735

Jew pedlar1743

fogger1800

Jew1803

box wallah1826

packie1832

cadger1840

jolter1841

pack-pedlar1859

knocker1934

doorstepper1976

machinga1993

the mind > language > speech > request > one who requests > [noun] > one who canvasses or lobbies

ambient1651

runner1824

lobbyer1862

lobbyist1863

lobby man1934

doorstepper1976

1976 Times 23 Oct. 18/3 Adolescent deviller and doorstepper for the local Labour Party machine.

1987 Daily Tel. 10 Nov. 16/8 Fraser was clearly unable to compete as a doorstepper with the sprightly David Owen.

ˈdoorstepping n.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > journalism > [noun] > waiting on doorsteps for interviews

doorstepping1909

society > trade and finance > selling > [noun] > itinerant selling

pedlary1531

hawking1542

bogginga1555

peddling1591

pedlarism1699

pedlaring1839

doorstepping1909

1909 Daily Chron. 13 Mar. 8/5 She had begun to bring grist to the family mill by ‘door-stepping’ and running errands.

1974 Times 29 Jan. 12/4 There they are, nearly every day..in wet and windy streets waiting for endless crunch meetings to come to a crunch... Door-stepping, we call it in the trade.

1983 Observer 19 June 17/3 High-pressure, door-to-door selling of unit trusts and linked life bonds is on the way..in the wake of apparently successful lobbying by the powerful life offices to retain the doorstepping rights of their salesmen.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1993; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	doorstep
释义	doorstepn. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: door n., step n.¹ Etymology: < door n. + step n.¹Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈdoor-step. a. The step at the threshold of a door, raised above the level of the ground outside. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > window or door > parts of door > [noun] > threshold or door-step thresholdeOE hirst1513 groundsel1523 treadsole1543 door-sill1570 sill1600 step-stone1605 doorstep1810 1810 A. Cunningham et al. Remains Nithsdale & Galloway Song 301 (Jam.) Coupe yere dish-water farther frae yere door-step. 1841 C. Dickens Old Curiosity Shop ii. lxv. 165 She..sat down upon a door-step. 1879 L. Stephen Hours in Libr. 3rd Ser. ii. 82 The prudent person whose charity ends at his own doorstep. b. slang. A thick slice of bread. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > bread > piece of bread > [noun] > slice of bread > thick slice whang1683 doorstep1885 doormat1935 1885 Eng. Illustr. Mag. June 604/2 ‘Doorsteps’, I found, were thick slices of bread spread with jam. 1924 D. H. Lawrence & M. L. Skinner Boy in Bush iv. 55 Everybody..chewed huge doorsteps of bread. 1933 W. de la Mare Lord Fish 88 The door-step [proved to be] a slab of bread with a scrimp of margarine. 1959 Times 5 Nov. 13/6 There is..nothing exclusive about the childish use of..‘door step’ for a thick piece of bread. 1969 Listener 17 Apr. 533/3 Won't you slice me a doorstep please? Phrases on the (or one's) doorstep, near by. ΘΚΠ the world > space > distance > nearness > near by [phrase] nigh handlOE of (also from, in) nigh?c1225 at the gate1340 near at handa1400 nearhanda1400 nigh at handa1400 nigh byc1460 nearbyc1480 on the doorstep1957 on the (or one's) doorstep1957 1957 A. Huxley Let. 8 Apr. (1969) 823 The ultimate revolution..is here on our doorstep. 1958 A. White tr. Colette Claudine in Paris iv. 30 Just a few yards from here, there's a delightful flat, and we'd be practically on each other's doorsteps. 1959 Listener 26 Nov. 945/3 Mr. Conrad Aiken has called it ‘..a classic right on the doorstep’. Compounds attributive (frequently figurative). ΚΠ 1906 Daily Chron. 4 Jan. 4/1 Dr. Cooper's fight is in every respect a ‘doorstep’ affair. 1908 Daily Chron. 20 Feb. 3/5 All the prisoners concerned in the ‘doorstep’ campaign. 1909 Westm. Gaz. 25 Oct. 9/2 We still want doorstep workers. 1909 Daily Chron. 30 Dec. 3/4 The Christmas-boxes that custom decrees, are as follows... This..includes only the doorstep tributes. 1949 E. Blunden After Bombing 17 Japan's young children, staring shy..From mother's back Or door~step-side. 1952 New Statesman 29 Mar. 370/3 Most visitors brought doorstep sandwiches and huge home-made pasties to eat with their pint-pots of tea. 1963 Times 1 Feb. 6/3 Lord Champion said hire-purchase commitments were often entered into through a stupid desire to keep up with the Joneses. This feeling was exploited by doorstep salesmen. 1970 J. Porter Rather Common Sort of Crime ii. 20 A wide experience of doorstep salesmen had taught her to examine life's doorstep offers with the utmost care. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2021). doorstepv. Brit. /ˈdɔːstɛp/, U.S. /ˈdɔrˌstɛp/ Etymology: < doorstep n. n. colloquial. 1. transitive. To abandon (a child for whom one is responsible) to the care of someone else; to leave or ‘park’ with a child-minder. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > care, protection, or charge > care for, protect, or have charge of [verb (transitive)] > commit to care or custody of another givea1000 beteachc1000 teachc1000 betake1297 trust1340 bekena1375 commenda1382 putc1390 recommanda1393 commitc1405 recommendc1405 resignc1425 allot1473 commise1474 commanda1500 consign1528 in charge (of)1548 credit1559 incommend1574 entrusta1586 aret1590 be-giftc1590 concredit1593 betrust1619 concrede1643 subcommit1681 to farm out1786 confide1861 fide1863 doorstep1945 to foster out1960 1945 N. Mitford Pursuit of Love ii. 13 When it became obvious..that my parents intended to doorstep me, Aunt Sadie had wanted to bring me up with Linda. 1985 Daily Tel. 8 Nov. 14/2 Her early years were largely spent being doorstepped on anyone available. 2. a. intransitive. To go from door to door selling, canvassing, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > move in a certain direction [verb (intransitive)] > from door to door doorstep1966 society > trade and finance > selling > sell [verb (intransitive)] > practise itinerant selling hawk1542 aginate1623 peddle1650 higgle1790 travel1937 doorstep1966 society > travel > aspects of travel > travel from place to place > [verb (intransitive)] > go from door to door selling, etc. doorstep1966 1966 Daily Tel. 28 Mar. 22/3 Dr. David Owen, a young St. Thomas' Hospital research graduate, is doorstepping assiduously in politically doubtful streets. 1982 Times 8 Mar. 3/2 Up to 50 volunteers a night have been door-stepping and distributing leaflets. 1986 Sunday Express Mag. 3 Aug. 14/1 He shook hands and doorstepped like a pro. b. transitive. Of a press reporter, etc.: to call upon or wait on the doorstep for (someone), in order to obtain an interview, photograph, etc. Also transferred. ΘΚΠ society > communication > journalism > [verb (transitive)] > wait on doorstep to interview (a person) doorstep1981 1981 Listener 19 Feb. 230/2 Jane Drabble and I decided to doorstep him. 1985 Guardian 6 Nov. 32/8 Sara's views about the ‘frightful men’ from that newspaper who doorstepped her. 1987 Daily Tel. 5 Jan. 3/6 The incident..came amid mounting Royal Family anger with newspaper and freelance photographers ‘doorstepping’ their annual holiday, who had ignored informal requests to leave. 1990 Observer 17 June 19/7 Immediately after the revolution, it was they who were afraid, running from our cameras... It would be madness to doorstep the Securitate today. Derivatives ˈdoorstepper n. one who doorsteps. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > selling > seller > [noun] > itinerant or pedlar pedder1166 pedlar1307 dustyfoota1400 tranter1500 hawker1510 jagger?1518 jowter1550 pedder-coffec1550 pedderman1552 petty chapman1553 swadder1567 packman1571 merchant1572 swigman1575 chapman?1593 aginator1623 crier1727 duffer1735 Jew pedlar1743 fogger1800 Jew1803 box wallah1826 packie1832 cadger1840 jolter1841 pack-pedlar1859 knocker1934 doorstepper1976 machinga1993 the mind > language > speech > request > one who requests > [noun] > one who canvasses or lobbies ambient1651 runner1824 lobbyer1862 lobbyist1863 lobby man1934 doorstepper1976 1976 Times 23 Oct. 18/3 Adolescent deviller and doorstepper for the local Labour Party machine. 1987 Daily Tel. 10 Nov. 16/8 Fraser was clearly unable to compete as a doorstepper with the sprightly David Owen. ˈdoorstepping n. ΘΚΠ society > communication > journalism > [noun] > waiting on doorsteps for interviews doorstepping1909 society > trade and finance > selling > [noun] > itinerant selling pedlary1531 hawking1542 bogginga1555 peddling1591 pedlarism1699 pedlaring1839 doorstepping1909 1909 Daily Chron. 13 Mar. 8/5 She had begun to bring grist to the family mill by ‘door-stepping’ and running errands. 1974 Times 29 Jan. 12/4 There they are, nearly every day..in wet and windy streets waiting for endless crunch meetings to come to a crunch... Door-stepping, we call it in the trade. 1983 Observer 19 June 17/3 High-pressure, door-to-door selling of unit trusts and linked life bonds is on the way..in the wake of apparently successful lobbying by the powerful life offices to retain the doorstepping rights of their salesmen. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1993; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1810v.1909
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