| 单词 | jack strop |
| 释义 | > as lemmasJack Strop Jack Strop n. [perhaps < strop n.2] Nautical slang (chiefly British Navy) a conceited or obstreperous sailor; a know-all.Earlier currency is perhaps implied by the name Jack Strop, given to the character of a sailor in a comic sketch performed by the crew of HMS Rattler (see quot. 1893), though the name is perhaps derived from strop n.1 2a. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pride > self-esteem > conceit > [noun] > conceited person coxcomb1567 snipper-snappera1593 conceited1596 feather-cock1612 turkey-cocka1616 cockcomb1684 egotist1715 fop1755 fat1832 swell-head1845 swelled head1862 big-head1863 swollen head1898 Jack Strop1910 trombenik1922 society > travel > travel by water > one who travels by water or sea > sailor > types of sailor > [noun] > argumentative or opinionated sailor sea-lawyer1829 sea-preacher1855 Jack Strop1910 1893 N. China Herald & Supreme Court & Consular Gaz. 17 Mar. 374/1 Characters... Bill Type (a printer)... Jack Strop (a sailor).] 1910 Englishman 4 May 767/1 A quarrelsome sailor is a ‘Jack strop’. 1958 Times 10 Mar. 12/6 The petty delinquents in the calendar of naval crime, the messdeck ‘Jack Strops’ or ‘Tom Oilskins’. 1984 T. McClenaghan Submariners in M. Wilcox Gay Plays I. 46/1 You're a little Jack Strop. In a dog watch and thinks he knows it all. 2000 R. Mayne Lang. Sailing 164 Will such instances silence Jack Strops? < as lemmas |
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