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单词 goldie
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goldien.

Brit. /ˈɡəʊldi/, U.S. /ˈɡoʊldi/
Forms: 1800s– goldie; also Scottish 1800s– gooldie, 1900s– gouldie; English regional (northern) 1800s goldey, 1800s goldy, 1800s gooldy, 2000s– gowldy.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: gold n.1, -y suffix6.
Etymology: < gold n.1 + -y suffix6.
colloquial.
1. Originally Scottish and English regional (northern). The European goldfinch, Carduelis carduelis.
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the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > arboreal families > family Fringillidae (finch) > [noun] > subfamily Carduelinae > genus Carduelis > carduelis carduelis (goldfinch)
goldfincheOE
goldspinka1522
carduel?1530
thistle-finch1589
thistlewarp1598
fool's coata1682
grey pate1728
tailor-warbler1783
redcap1785
sheriff's man1796
goldie?1800
King Harry1824
sweet-william1848
tailor1848
thistle-bird1872
thistle-feeder1904
?1800 Lintoun Green iii. 26 A goldie's nest it might ha'e been, It was sae round and warm.
1831 J. Rennie Montagu's Ornithol. Dict. (ed. 2) 214 Goldfinch..Gold-Spink..Gooldie.
1877 F. Ross et al. Gloss. Words Holderness Goldey, a goldfinch.
1889 G. Muirhead Birds of Berwickshire I. 149 Mr. John Aitchison..says that long ago Crunkley was a great resort of ‘Goldies’.
1919 Quick March 1 Dec. 75 The birds one snared in triumph brought their own punishment. The ‘goldies’ one put in the soap box..looked so small and helpless.
1954 Sc. Mag. Jan. 314 Waste ground with thistly patches was the place for goldies.
1994 Bird Keeper May 28/1 The ‘Goldie’ makes a neat and compact nest from fine rootlets and bents.
2018 BES1943 27 Feb. in twitter.com (O.E.D. Archive) Chaffinch. Blackcap, Song Thrush, black birds. Also my regular sparrows, goldies and greenies, wow!!! oh a Robin too.
2. English regional (chiefly northern), Scottish (south-western), and Irish English (northern). The yellowhammer, Emberiza citronella.
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1865 Zoologist 23 9711 Yellowhammer.—The ‘goldy’ of the Yorkshire lads is a very late builder [of nests].
1877 F. Ross et al. Gloss. Words Holderness Goldey, a yellow-hammer.
1975 J. Y. Mather & H. H. Speitel Ling. Atlas Scotl. I. 300 Yellowhammer, [Kirkcudbright] Gooldie.
1996 C. I. Macafee Conc. Ulster Dict. 150/1 Gooldie, gouldie, the yellowhammer.
2002 A. Kellett Yorks. Dict. (ed. 2) 70/2 Gowldy, yellowhammer.
3. A golden retriever. Cf. golden n. 2.
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the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Canidae > other types of dog > [noun] > retriever
findera1425
retriever1819
wavy1884
golden retriever1908
golden1915
goldie1980
1980 N. Y. Times 24 Aug. s13 Goldies, Registered golden retriever pups... Reservations avail to selected homes only.
1994 Atlanta Jrnl. & Constit. (Nexis) 12 Aug. f5 The goldies romp in the woods and swim in the stream but get a shower on a lower deck before coming back into the house.
2012 S. Meyer Hunting Dogs 42 Another popular and very familiar retriever is the golden retriever, sometimes affectionately known as a goldie.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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