单词 | in-and-out boy |
释义 | > as lemmasin-and-out boy 4. attributive (quasi-adj.) in various senses; spec. in-and-out bolts (see quot. 1850); in-and-out boy, in and out man, someone in and out of prison; a burglar; in-and-out class, those paupers who are now in and now out of the workhouse; in-and-out cottage, a cottage of irregular plan; in and out family, formerly, a family constantly entering and leaving a workhouse; in-and-out running, alternate winning and losing of races (so in-and-out football); in and out work, work which is not continuous; also, irregular or unlawful practice. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > shipbuilding and repairing > [noun] > shipbuilding > nails, rivets bolts rove and clench1336 scupper-nail1485 wrakling1494 ribbing-nail1703 filling-nail1784 Blake's screw1840 in-and-out bolts1841 scarp-bolt1867 pan head1869 society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > racing or race > [noun] > alternate winning and losing in-and-out running1885 society > morality > moral evil > lack of principle or integrity > [noun] > dishonesty > action brokery1602 trinketing1646 adultery1753 traffickery1838 hanky-panky1841 grafting1859 shystering1860 graft1865 skulduggery1867 sharp practice1869 in and out work1888 by-practice1913 grift1914 dirty pool1973 the mind > possession > poverty > [noun] > poor person > poor person in receipt of relief > in an institution > occasionally casual poor1593 casual1865 ins and outs1884 in-and-out class1897 in and out family1904 society > occupation and work > work > [noun] > temporary or casual work notec1350 jobbery1832 catchwork1856 grass1888 in and out work1903 gig work2004 gig2015 society > authority > punishment > imprisonment > prisoner > [noun] > one who has been long or often in jail Newgate bird1580 bridewell bird1590 jail-bird1603 prison-birda1640 old hand1826 repeater1873 old lag1910 loser1912 in-and-out boy1937 the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > thief > burglar > [noun] housebreakera1400 burglary1533 burglar1541 burglarer1598 mill1607 mill-ken1667 hoister1708 crack1749 cracksman1819 screwsman1819 screwer1831 crib-cracker1879 cracker1886 key worker1895 houseman1904 home invader1907 in and out man1961 1640 Bp. J. Hall Episcopacie ii. xvii. 182 What Ordination to that their In-and-out Office; have these succeeding and Momentary Presidents? 1824 M. R. Mitford Our Village I. 289 Ah! the in-and-out cottage! the dear, dear home! 1841 R. H. Dana Seaman's Man. 111 In-and-out, a term sometimes used for the scantline of the timbers, the moulding way, and particularly for those bolts that are driven into the hanging and lodging knees, through the sides, which are called in-and-out bolts. 1850 J. Greenwood Sailor's Sea-bk. 126 In and out,..applied to those bolts in the knees, riders, &c., which are driven through the ship's sides, or athwartships, and therefore called ‘In and out bolts’. 1855 ‘G. Eliot’ in Fraser's Mag. June 699/2 Heavy-looking in-and-out corridors, such as one found only in German inns. 1885 Referee 26 Apr. 1/2 Now and again in-and-out running on the part of a horse subjects his owner to considerable annoyance. 1888 Times 26 June 4/5 Have you heard of what is called in-and-out running? 1888 ‘R. Boldrewood’ Robbery under Arms III. xviii. 277 I began to hear that there was a deal of in-and-out sort of work about my getting my freedom. 1897 Westm. Gaz. 31 July 2/3 Children of habitual tramps and of the ‘in and out’ classes. 1903 Westm. Gaz. 29 Sept. 10/1 His engagements are only for particular plays—‘in and out’ work. 1904 Daily Chron. 14 June 9/1 One notable ‘In and Out’ family entered and discharged itself sixty-two times from a London workhouse in one year. 1906 E. Dyson Fact'ry 'Ands viii. 97 It was in 'n' out sorter work. 1910 E. M. Forster Howards End v. 38 Oh, heavens! I've knocked the In and Out card down. 1936 H. G. Wells Anat. Frustration xv. 178 That does not close the Jewish problem for you. It merely brings you back to the fundamental age-long problem of this nation among the nations, this in-and-out mentality, the essential parasitism of the Jewish mycelium upon the social and cultural organisms in which it lives. 1937 C. Prior So I wrote It xvi. 191 Among the boys I knew, very few had either the courage or skill to tackle ‘live gaffs’ by night. Most of them were in-and-out boys. They did their eighteen months in Wandsworth or Pentonville, had a run of a month or so and went back to do a twenty-one or even a lagging. 1939 H. Hodge Cab, Sir? 221 An ‘in and out job’ is a passenger who comes back to his starting point. 1959 Times 31 Dec. 11/3 The discovery was announced in 1925 and met with a very in-and-out reception. 1960 Encounter Mar. 77/1 The In-and-Out Game is played... ‘Everyone’ knows that Hemingway is not so In as Faulkner. 1961 E. Partridge Dict. Slang (ed. 5) II. 1143/2 In-and-out man, an opportunist thief. 1961 Times 14 Apr. 5/4 Two clubs who have had an in-and-out season meet at Old Deer Park. 1970 Guardian 12 Sept. 11/2 Israeli casualties were..high... The alternative..would be a quick ‘in and out’ operation. 1972 Times 15 Dec. 14/3 ‘In and out’ records through lapsing..are not uncommon. < as lemmas |
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