单词 | good-time |
释义 | good-timeadj. Of a person: having the pursuit of pleasure as one's chief aim; pleasure-seeking, esp. in a hedonistic way. Frequently in good-time girl (cf. party girl n. at party n. Compounds 5). ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > physical sensibility > sensuous pleasure > [noun] > pleasure-seeking > pleasure-seeker pleasurista1682 pleasure-seeker1825 pleasurer1833 good-time girl1897 good-timer1902 good-time Charlie1925 the world > physical sensation > physical sensibility > sensuous pleasure > [adjective] > seeking pleasure > recklessly good-time1897 1897 Leavenworth (Kansas) Herald 20 Mar. 3/2 The young men..positively refuse to notice those girls who show signs of respectability whenever a Good Time Girl is in sight. 1928 Publishers' Weekly 9 June 2393 Gerry Harris was ‘a good time girl’, who sought men only as playmates. 1948 ‘J. Tey’ Franchise Affair viii. 82 Bert deserved better out of life than a good-time wife. 1961 C. Conyn & J. C. Marten Bali Ballet Murder xxi. 220 He married an artist, not just a good-time hotty. 1994 Rolling Stone 19 May 34/1 A savvy showman and sloppily sophisticated good-time party boy. 2003 L. Hawking Jaded xv. 222 A formerly attractive, curvy good-time girl who had suffered the ravages of too many babies in too few years. Compounds good-time Charlie n. originally U.S. a man whose chief aim is the pursuit of sensual pleasures; a playboy. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > physical sensibility > sensuous pleasure > [noun] > pleasure-seeking > pleasure-seeker pleasurista1682 pleasure-seeker1825 pleasurer1833 good-time girl1897 good-timer1902 good-time Charlie1925 1925 Bridgeport (Connecticut) Telegram 2 Feb. 13/6 (advt.) Eddie Buzzell..in ‘Good Time Charlie’ written by Eddie Cantor.] 1925 Amer. Mercury Aug. 475/2 What is more, even the good-time Charlie New Yorker, the flashier type of New Yorker, isn't at bottom much different than his country-jake cousin. 1949 N. Algren Man with Golden Arm i. 115 Good-time Charlies with the usual whiskey glass. 1972 L. Reed Lisa Says (song) in Pass thru Fire (2000) 107 Hey, if you're looking for a good time Charlie Well, that's not really what I am You know, some good time Charlie, always out having his fun. 2008 A. Davidson Gargoyle (2009) i. 9 My father was gone before I was born. He was evidently a most captivating good-time Charlie. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1897 |
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