单词 | good-timer |
释义 | good-timern. A pleasure-seeker, esp. one who habitually pursues sensual pleasures. 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 1902 J. O'Shea Felix O'Flanagan xix. 102 Some provisions, bread, meat, preserves, and tea, which afforded the good-timers material for a savoury meal; and before the feast was ready, the messenger arrived with the whiskey. 1928 A. Huxley Point Counter Point xxvi. 444 The boozers,..the business men, the Good-Timers. 1941 O. Sitwell in Open Door 82 The plane was crowded. A few ‘good-timers’ were still there..loyal to their favourite beat: Paris for Whitsun. 1973 Gramophone Jan. 1296/2 Puccini's heroine always seems a mere gold-digger and good-timer. 2002 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 6 Oct. ix. 12/2 Like any other party-hardy good-timer, Mr. Marsalis was better at saying goodbye than he was at leaving. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1902 |
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