单词 | family man |
释义 | family mann.ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > thief > receiver of stolen goods > [noun] receiver?a1400 intaker1421 resetterc1430 marker1591 marter1591 fence1699 fencer1699 fencing-cully1699 lock1699 family man1747 locker1753 drop1915 smasher1929 handler1995 1747 Gen. Advertiser 9 Oct. The Life and Character of Moll King..containing..the Flash Dialogue between Moll King and Old Gentleman Harry, that was some Years ago murdered in Covent-Garden; and the Pictures of several noted Family Men. 1756 Proc. Old Bailey 20 Oct. 343/2 He is what we call a family man, a very bad sort of a fellow. He has others that go about with him a shop-lifting. 1837 Rep. Comm. Metropolis Police 123 in Parl. Papers XII. 309 One of a gang of what are called ‘family men’, that is, rich thieves and rich receivers of stolen goods. 1891 J. S. Farmer Slang II. 371/2 Family-man, a thief; specifically a fence... (In allusion to the fraternities into which thieves were at one time invariably banded.) 2. A man with a family, esp. one who is devoted to his wife (or female partner) and children. Now usually with connotations of domesticity, respectability, or conventionality. ΚΠ 1753 S. Richardson Hist. Sir Charles Grandison I. v. 82 One of the busiest men in the kingdom, who was not engaged in public affairs; and yet the most of a family-man. 1771 C. Burney Present State Music France & Italy 177 He has the appearance of a regular family man. 1856 R. W. Emerson Eng. Traits v. 104 These private reserved mute family-men. 1859 W. Collins Queen of Hearts I. 52 I'm a family man, myself, with grown-up daughters of my own. 1911 E. Ferber in Amer. Mag. Oct. 709/1 Ordinary looking family men are strangely in the minority. 1961 E. Wilson Mrs. Golightly & Other Stories iv. 35 Ed was not a family man although he had a wife somewhere... He was powerful, not to be governed, and a heller when he drank. 1984 A. Desai In Custody v. 92 It will solve all your petty family-man problems. 2006 T. Anderson Riding Magic Carpet (2008) vii. 248 Derek, Stuart and Shaun, all sensible, clean-living family men with stable careers. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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