| 单词 | funkstick |
| 释义 | > as lemmasfunkstick funkstick n. now rare a nervous, timid, or cowardly person; Horse Riding a rider who tends to shy at or avoid a jump, fence, etc. (cf. funker n.3).Not in use in North America. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > fear > cowardice or pusillanimity > [noun] > coward(s) coward?a1289 hen-hearta1450 staniel?a1500 pigeon?1571 cow1581 quake-breech1584 cow-baby1594 custard1598 chicken heart1602 nidget1605 hen?1613 faintling1614 white-liver1614 chickena1616 quake-buttocka1627 skitterbrooka1652 dunghill1761 cow-heart1768 shy-cock1768 fugie1777 slag1788 man of chaff1799 fainter1826 possum1833 cowardy, cowardy, custard1836 sheep1840 white feather1857 funk1859 funkstick1860 lily-liver1860 faint-heart1870 willy boy1895 blert1905 squib1908 fraid cat (also fraidy cat)c1910–23 manso1912 feartie1923 yellowbelly1927 chicken liver1930 boneless wonder1931 scaredy-cat1933 sook1933 pantywaist1935 punk1939 ringtail1941 chickenshit1945 candy-ass1953 pansy-ass1963 unbrave1981 bottler1994 the world > food and drink > hunting > hunter > [noun] > hunter on horseback workman1832 bruiser1833 roadster1858 craner1863 gap-hunter1872 thruster1886 funkstick1889 1860 R. F. Burton Lake Regions Central Afr. II. xvii. 239 The..youth, who was called ‘Gopa-Gopa’—‘Funk-stick’—on account of his excessive timidity. 1889 Universal Rev. 3 76 The ‘funksticks’ immediately slacken rein. 1926 Country Life 27 Nov. 813/1 He may not be quite the funkstick he looks, and the desire to overcome his nerves is obviously there or he would not continue to come out hunting. 1938 Townsville (Queensland) Daily Bull. 26 Jan. 9/3 The blustering beast is a funk-stick at heart. < as lemmas |
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