单词 | hatters |
释义 | † hattersint. Obsolete. Used as an exclamation or mild oath.Perhaps with reference to Christ's clothing (cf. hatter n.1 1). N.E.D. (1898) records the word as still in use in southern Scotland in the 19th cent. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > malediction > oaths > [interjection] > religious oaths (referring to God) > other religious oaths Petera1375 by this (good) lightc1380 passionc1390 by (all) the powers!c1425 hattersa1500 (by) Gog's arms, blood, body?1520 by my halidom1533 by (the) salmon?1536 as I am a sinner1682 by the holy poker1770 by the piper!1790 so help me salmon1834 Jehoshaphat1857 a1500 (a1460) Towneley Plays (1994) I. xiii. 149 Bot hatters! I can fynde no flesh, Hard nor nesh, Salt nor fresh—Bot two tome platers. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2019). < int.a1500 |
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