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单词 johnny crapaud
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Johnny Crapaudn.

Brit. /ˌdʒɒnɪ ˈkrapəʊ/, U.S. /ˌdʒɑni kræˈpoʊ/
Forms: 1800s Johney Croppi, 1800s Johnny Crap, 1800s– Johnnie Crapaud, 1800s– Johnny Crapaud, 1800s– Johnny Crapeau, 1800s– Johnny Crappo, 1900s Johnnie Crapeau, 1900s Jonny Crapeau, 1900s– Johnnie Crappo, 1900s– Johnny Crapo.
Origin: A borrowing from French, combined with an English element. Etymons: Johnny n., French crapaud.
Etymology: < Johnny n. + French crapaud toad (see crapaud n.). Compare later crapaud n. Additions.In the shortened form Johnny Crap perhaps associated with crap n.1 Compare also John (orJean) Crapaud , in the same sense (1818 or earlier; in form Jean Crapaud with first element remodelled after French Jean : see John n.).
slang (originally and chiefly British). Chiefly derogatory, and now in humorous or ironic use.
A nickname for: a French person or a person of French descent. Also: French people collectively; the French nation.
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fleur-de-lis1523
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Johnny Crapaud1805
1805 J. Brown Let. in H. G. Thursfield Five Naval Jrnls. (1951) 365 We were giving Johnny Craps their breakfast.
1834 W. N. Glascock Naval Sketch Bk. 2nd Ser. II. 137 Mister Bull and Johnny Crappo..have..suddenly taken for each other..a fit of affection.
1851 J. F. W. Johnston Notes N. Amer. II. 6 These Ayrshire emigrants appear to be shrewd enough to buy out Johnny Crapaud.
1915 G. Parker Money Master xxiii. 323 Raging as he was, and ready to take the Johnny Crapaud..by the throat, he was not yet sure that Jean Jacques was not armed.
1965 G. R. Stevens Incompleat Canad. 142Johnny Crapeau’, esteemed alike for his good temper..and ebullient spirits.
2011 @drizzlecombe 30 Sept. in twitter.com (O.E.D. Archive) Oh yes! Johnny Crapaud beaten by Tonga! Well done! #rwc2011.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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