单词 | geordie |
释义 | Geordien.adj. A. n. 1. Scottish and English regional (Durham and Northumberland). More fully yellow Geordie. A guinea. Cf. George n. 2b. Now historical and rare. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > coins collective > English coins > [noun] > guinea or twenty-one shillings goldfinch1602 piece1631 yellow boy1654 Guinea1666 broad gold1688 meg1688 broad1710 George's guinea1721 yellow1722 canary bird1785 stranger1785 yellow George1785 Geordie1786 spade-guinea1853 George guinea1880 1786 R. Burns Twa Dogs viii, in Poems 12 He draws a bonie, silken purse..whare thro' the steeks, The yellow letter'd Geordie keeks. 1819 T. Thompson et al. Coll. Songs 11 Wor Geordies now we thrimmel'd oot. 1838 Series Orig. Portraits J. Kay II. ii. cxlvi. 428 It was impossible for Donald altogether to suppress the smile which played upon his countenance, as he turned over the ‘yellow Geordie’ in his hand. 1896 N. Munro Lost Pibroch 205 Said he to his wife, jingling the Geordies in his hand on the day he got them, ‘Here's the price of a hero.’ 1902 Poverty Bay (N.Z.) Herald 30 Sept. You would no doubt, in true commercial spirit, accompany your offer with a substantial retainer in yellow Geordies or Edwards. 1997 J. Toombs Harte's Gold x. 183 I'd bet my last yellow Geordie. I know my father all too well. 2. Nautical slang. a. A sailor from Tyneside or a neighbouring region of north-east England, esp. a member of the crew of a collier ship. Cf. sense A. 4a. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Europe > British nation > English nation > [noun] > native or inhabitant of England > north of England > Tyne and Wear > specific Geordie1836 Mackem1980 1836 United Service Mag. July 411 Liverpool seamen, Mr. Editor, are the most conceited fellows under the sun—(I think they even beat the Jocks and the Geordies of Shields and Sunderland). 1856 C. Nordhoff Merchant Vessel viii. 96 These are the Colliers, the Jordies, who, in their dirty-looking brigs..work up slowly from reach to reach. 1893 All Year Round 16 Dec. 592/2 The ‘Geordies’ of the coal-brigs sailing out of the Tyne and Wear used to be accounted among the nimblest and boldest seamen afloat. 1948 D. Reese Was it all Cricket? xvii. 232 Throughout the shipping world, the men from Tyneside are known as ‘Geordies’. 1962 W. Granville Dict. Sailors' Slang 53/1 Geordie, Newcastle ship or seaman. b. A boat used to transport coal, esp. from Newcastle-upon-Tyne to London; a collier ship. Frequently attributive, as Geordie brig, Geordie collier, etc. Now chiefly historical. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > trading vessel > cargo vessel > [noun] > carrying coal coal ship1541 coalman1612 collier-ship1639 colliera1661 coal barge1720 colliery1722 coal-smack1747 spout vessel1821 Geordie1849 collier-brig1853 1849 Titan 2 316/2 And right worthy sea-tubs these same Geordies and Jamies are in a gale of wind. 1884 W. C. Russell Jack's Courtship xliv You thought..of the Channel aswarm with just such vessels as she—Geordies deep with coal. 1897 Daily Mail 13 Oct. 7 A North-country ‘Geordie’ that was coolly snugging-down and outweathering the fierce squall. 1905 Otago Witness (Dunedin, N.Z.) 27 Sept. 71/1 These were the pioneers of the ‘Geordies’, which every East Coast sailor knows so well. 1957 Mariner's Mirror 43 15 The Geordie brigs..took their Newcastle coal as far..as Quebec and the Black Sea. 1984 R. Woodman Bomb Vessel vii. 52 Discovery and the other two tenders, both Geordie colliers, were lost in the rain to the south westward. 3. Mining. a. More fully Geordie lamp. A miner's safety lamp invented by George Stephenson in 1815, which featured a glass cover around the flame. Cf. Davy n.1 ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > mining equipment > [noun] > lamp pitman candle1658 fire lamp1769 steel mill1772 safe lamp1815 safe lantern1815 safety lamp1815 safety lantern1815 safe light1816 Davy1817 lamp1839 Geordie1844 pit lamp1860 flame-lamp1888 1844 Standard 1 Oct. Another lamp called the ‘Geordy Lamp’, with a glass, has come under my notice, but I do not think it so safe as the Davy. 1872 A. Forbes Soldiering & Scribbling 125 I'm writing this by the light of a ‘Geordie’, down in the depths of a coal-mine, and I daren't risk myself into the daylight. 1911 Encycl. Brit. XXIII. 998/1 In Stephenson's safety-lamp, generally known as the ‘Geordie’ from its inventor George Stephenson, the light is covered by a glass chimney, surrounded by an outer casing and top of wire gauze. 1991 Times (Nexis) 12 Sept. He [sc. George Stephenson] sometimes needed an interpreter when he spoke away from Tyneside, especially when talking about his Geordie lamp. b. A coal miner, esp. one from Tyneside or a neighbouring region of north-east England. Now rare. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > miner > [noun] minerc1390 digger1531 pioneer1552 mineman1579 groover1610 berman1677 Vulcana1680 pitman1709 pikeman1744 Geordie1861 1827 W. Hone Table Bk. I. 327/2 ‘Geordie’ (a common name among them [sc. pitmen]) attempts a masterly retrograde reel to regain his fugitive [sc. a pig].] 1861 Argus (Melbourne) 30 Nov. 6/2 The exhibitor [of a specimen of coal] was a ‘Geordie’. 1876 C. M. Davies Unorthodox London (rev. ed.) 353 A ‘Geordie’, or pitman. 1889 R. Kipling In Black & White (ed. 2) 53 Oh for a decent, rational Geordie! 1900 S. R. Crockett Stickit Minister's Wooing 301 Instead of being, like ordinary Scottish Geordies, settled for generations in one coal-field [etc.]. 1908 S. R. Crockett Princess Penniless xlvi. 313 They had done what perhaps no other men in the world could have done so well; such being the nature of a ‘Geordie’. 2004 in B. Griffiths Dict. North East Dial. 63/2 My mother-in-law from Byker also thinks the miners are ‘the real Geordies’ not the citizens of Newcastle. 4. British colloquial. a. A native or inhabitant of Tyneside or a neighbouring region of north-east England.In early use sometimes difficult to distinguish from senses A. 2a or A. 3b.Now usually understood to designate a Tynesider, esp. one from Newcastle-upon-Tyne, but frequently used to refer to a person from anywhere in the north-east of England. ΘΚΠ the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Europe > British nation > English nation > [noun] > native or inhabitant of England > north of England > Northumbria NorthumbereOE Northumbrian1752 Geordie1892 1860 Essex Standard 4 Jan. While two genuine ‘Geordies’, in their ‘Cannie’ native Newcastle, were proceeding in company the other day, [etc.]. a1865 E. Corvan Song Bk. No. 2 13 Where's a' his funny sayin's, that set a' the Geordies in a roar? 1892 R. O. Heslop Northumberland Words 196 The men who went from the lower Tyneside to work at the pits in South Tynedale were always called ‘Geordies’ by the people there. 1905 Westm. Gaz. 19 May 10/1 When one night her brother..sang a tenor song atrociously out of tune, a ‘Geordie’ at the back rose and called out [etc.]. 1959 ‘M. Ainsworth’ Murder is Catching 12 ‘Have a heart,’ said the Geordie. 1973 P. Arnold & C. Davis Hamlyn Bk. World Soccer 89/3 Two holiday-making Geordies earnestly inquired who that was up there with ‘Wor Jackie’. 2004 D. W. Scott Disillusioned 109 The less of a Geordie I sound, the greater my prospects will become. b. The dialect or accent of people from Tyneside, esp. Newcastle-upon-Tyne, or (more generally) neighbouring regions of north-east England.See J. C. Wells Accents of English (1982) II. 374-6 (‘Tyneside’) for a description of the principal characteristics of the accent. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > languages of the world > Indo-Hittite > [noun] > Indo-European > Germanic > English > British English > English English north country1698 west country1711 Yorkshire1717 Kenticism1735 English English1783 cockney1812 Cockneyese1823 East Angliana1825 Somersetian1825 Northumbrian1845 Norfolk1863 Kentish1866 Doric1870 Kensingtonian1911 Mummerset1915 Geordie1928 Hoxtoniana1935 scouse1963 mockney1967 Kensington1968 Liverpudlian1985 Jafaican2006 MLE2006 Multicultural London English2006 1928 H. Lauder Roamin' in Gloamin' viii. 96 I turned the conversation to Newcastle... ‘They canna unnerstan' plain English there—naething but broad Geordie!’ 1958 B. Behan Borstal Boy iii. 194 I sometimes get taken for an Irishman, though I come from Newcastle. It's on account of talking Geordie. 1971 Guardian 13 Sept. 6/6 One suspects that Tyke is a cruder speech than Geordie. 1991 R. Reiner Chief Constables iii. vii. 136 He's been taken away by the brass buttons, I think was the phrase used, unless I lapse into Geordie which I could do if you want. 2004 Webactive 14 Oct. 29/2 You just type in a phrase and then you can choose to translate it into Geordie, Cockney, Irish or even Ali G-speak. 5. Australian and New Zealand colloquial. A native of Scotland; a Scot. Also as a nickname. ΚΠ 1867 Argus (Melbourne) 2 Oct. 6/5 The prisoner said to him, ‘You, Geordie, I'll knock your —— head off.’ 1890 ‘R. Boldrewood’ Miner's Right I. ix. 227 Whose yer friend; a Geordie, most like? 1943 Amer. Speech 18 89 [In New Zealand] a Scotsman is a Geordie, and an Irishman, as in vulgar American, a Mick. These synonyms are also current in Australia. 2002 Weekend Austral. (Nexis) 30 Nov. d9 In our [sc. Australians'] vernacular, a Geordie is a Scotsman. B. adj. That is a Geordie (sense A. 2); of, relating to, or characteristic of the natives or inhabitants of Tyneside. ΚΠ 1903 A. Sonnichsen Deep Sea Vagabonds xv. 271 It disappeared with a yell, followed by a streak of oaths in broad Geordie accents. 1959 ‘M. Ainsworth’ Murder is Catching 11 He had a faint Geordie twang. 1974 S. Dobson Geordie Dict. 72 A pit yakker is the Geordie term for a pitman. 2003 A. Nayak Race, Place, & Globalization (2004) iii. 37 These young people were keen to stress the distinctive nature of being ‘Geordie’. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.1786 |
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