单词 | johnny crapaud |
释义 | Johnny Crapaudn. 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. ΘΚΠ the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Europe > French nation > [noun] FrenchOE flowerc1330 fleur-de-lis1523 monsieur1673 messieurs1737 mounseer1755 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. 142 ‘Johnny 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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