jerryn.¹

Brit.

/ˈdʒɛri/, U.S.

/ˈdʒɛri/

Etymology: Familiar variant of the proper name Jeremy or Jeremiah (in Ireland treated as equivalent to Diarmaid). Variously applied; mostly in slang or informal speech.

1. A machine for shearing cloth.

ΘΚΠ

the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture textile fabric or that which consists of > manufacture of textile fabric > treating or processing textile fabric > [noun] > shearing > machine

cloth-shearer?c1530

perpetual1879

jerry1883

1883 T. Lees Easther's Gloss. Dial. Almondbury & Huddersfield Jerry, the common name of a machine for finishing cloth, by which all the rough portions are removed.

1885 J. W. Taylor & F. W. Taylor Brit. Patent 2784/1885 1 ‘Jerrys’ or perpetual cutting machines employed in shearing..fabrics.

2. Printers' slang. The noise made by beating chases, etc., on an apprentice finishing his time, or on other occasions.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > loudness > confused sound > [noun] > rough music

rough music1700

charivari1735

shivaree1805

callithump1843

tin-kettling1856

jerry1888

1888 C. T. Jacobi Printers' Vocab. 68 Jerry, the noise made by beating chases, etc., on an apprentice finishing time.

1894 D. C. Murray in My First Bk. 196 The compositors performed what they called a ‘jerry’ in the blunderer's honour.

3. Short for jerry-shop (a contraction, it is said, of Tom and Jerry n., from the cant name of a mixture of liquors): A low beer-house.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > drink > drinking > drinking place > [noun] > tavern or public house > low drinking-house

sot's-hof1532

bousing ken1567

fuddling-school1680

sot-bay1707

night-cellar1729

sot-hole1755

lush-ken1790

lush-crib1819

Tom and Jerry shop1824

Tom and Jerry1836

deadfall1837

jerry1851

shoful1851

cribc1865

bucket-shop1875

barrel-house1883

lushing-ken1883

shebang1901

barrel shop1904

blood house1913

smoke joint1931

shypoo1936

smoke-shop1937

dive bar1974

1851 H. Mayhew London Labour II. 227/1 An advance of 5s. made to him by the keeper of a beer-shop, or, as he called it, a ‘jerry’.

1858 T. Carlyle Let. 14 Sept. in J. A. Froude T. Carlyle: Life in London (1884) II. xxiv. 223 A worse than jerry-shop close over the way raged like Bedlam or Erebus.

1873 Slang Dict. Jerry shop, a beer-house. Contraction of ‘Tom and Jerry’.

4. Short for jerry hat: A round felt hat.

ΘΚΠ

the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > headgear > [noun] > hat > made of specific material > felt > round

jerry1841

1841 Punch 1 98 Those unassuming castors designated ‘Jerrys’.

1851 Official Descriptive & Illustr. Catal. Great Exhib. II. 275 Showing the manufacture of felt caps or jerries..Finished felt cap or jerry.

1865 Sat. Rev. 4 Feb. 146/1 Large light whiskers, a jerry hat, and green cutaway coat.

5. Short for jerry-builder n.

ΚΠ

1890 in Cent. Dict.

Compounds

jerryn.²

Brit.

/ˈdʒɛri/, U.S.

/ˈdʒɛri/

Etymology: Probably abbreviation of jeroboam n.

slang.

A chamber-pot.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > sanitation > privy or latrine > [noun] > chamber-pot, etc.

jordan1402

pissing vessel1440

pisspot1440

urinalc1475

pissing basin1481

piss bowlc1527

chamber vessel?1529

chamber pot1540

pot1568

jordan-pot1577

night-tub1616

looking-glassa1627

water-pot1629

chamber utensil1699

member-mug1699

utensil1699

pot de chambre1777

chanty1788

pig1810

piss bucket1819

chamber1829

jerry1859

po1880

thunder-mug1890

article1922

potty1937

honeypotc1947

totty-pot1966

piss-tin1974

1827 W. Maginn Whitehall ii. iv. 140 The naval officer..came into the Clarendon for a Jerry [= jeroboam] of punch.

1850 Sessions Papers Cent. Criminal Court (Surrey cases) May 124 I went into the jerry [= water-closet], but they had got there before me.]

1859 J. C. Hotten Dict. Slang 53 Jerry, a chamber utensil.

1932 J. Cary Aissa Saved xvii. 96 A thin handsome young man carrying a tin jerry in his hand and a broken kettle among the tatters on his back.

1939 ‘G. Orwell’ Coming up for Air iv. vi. 271 A bed not yet made and a jerry under the bed.

1968 Canad. Antiques Collector Dec. 10/1 Young English ladies and gentlemen were beginning to find it offensive to have the old man keep a jerry in the sideboard.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1976; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

Jerryn.³adj.³

Brit.

/ˈdʒɛri/, U.S.

/ˈdʒɛri/

Origin: Formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Etymon: German n.

Etymology: Shortened < German n. (compare -y suffix⁶), punningly after Jerry, pet form of the male forenames Jeremy and Jeremiah (see jerry n.¹).

colloquial (usually depreciative and sometimes considered offensive).Chiefly used during or with reference to the First World War (1914–18) or (esp.) the Second World War (1939–45). Typically carrying less derogatory force than related terms such as Kraut (Kraut n. 2a), Boche (Boche n.), and Hun (Hun n.¹ 3).

A. n.³

a. With singular agreement. Germans, esp. German soldiers, collectively.

ΚΠ

1915 Christmas Garland (5th Canad. Battalion, 1st Canad. Division, B.E.F.) 87/2 ‘Gott strafe the Umpire,’ ‘Heave a bomb at him Jerry!’

1915 D. Fraser Jrnl. 9 Dec. (1985) i. 67 Jerry had several shots at me and missed.

1918 Princeton Alumni Weekly 11 Dec. 217/3 ‘Jerry’ evidently knew we were coming over and so tried to shake us up as much as possible.

1929 E. W. Springs Above Bright Blue Sky 272 If you have many chaps like him, it won't take long to chase Jerry back to the Rhine.

1943 B. J. Hurren Eastern Med. v. 51 Crete was ‘in the bag’ for Jerry if he wished to take it.

c1945 M. Elevitch Let. in Dog Tags Yapping (2003) 159 The gullible American..hates the ‘Frogs’—he hates the ‘Limeys’ but I never hear him say anything against the Jerry.

a1985 P. White With the Jocks (2003) 4 If Jerry was accurate with any guns and mortars, to survive the initial assault it seemed we would be in for a thin time.

2001 C. Hope Heaven Forbid xix. 177 Shufti. Jerry at six o'clock. Hold onto your hat. We're going in.

b. Military. Jerry up (also over): used in the First World War (1914–18) as a warning that a German aircraft was approaching overhead. Now historical.

ΚΠ

1919 K. Schwensen Hist. 102nd M. P. iii. 32 A whistle would cut through the night, notifying: ‘Jerry up’.

1925 E. Fraser & J. Gibbons Soldier & Sailor Words 131 Jerry over, ‘Lights out!’ The word passed along the lines at the Front at night on the nearing overhead of an enemy aeroplane.

1925 E. Fraser & J. Gibbons Soldier & Sailor Words 131 Jerry up, a warning call on the approach of a German aeroplane.

2011 P. Kelleher Black Hand Gang iii. 53 ‘Jerry up!’ said Half Pint, pointing up into the sky.

2. A German; esp. a German soldier.

ΘΚΠ

the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Europe > native or inhabitant of Germany > [noun]

Almainc1330

Dutchmana1387

Germana1387

High Dutchmana1450

Hans1569

Muff1585

Teutonic1638

Herr1653

Dutcher1671

mein Herr1796

Teuton1833

Dutchy1834

sour-crout1841

Fritz1887

sausage1890

Heinie1904

Boche1914

Fritzie1915

Hun1915

Jerry1916

sauerkraut-eater1918

sausage-eater1918

sale Boche1919

Volksdeutsche1937

society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > soldier by nationality > [noun] > German

Hessian1729

Kraut1862

Fritz1887

Heinie1904

Fritzie1915

strafer1915

Jerry1916

pickelhaube1931

feldgrau1934

Ted1947

1916 Scotsman 12 Sept. 5/7 They talked of the Germans as ‘Jerries’.

1916 F. Dunham Jrnl. 14 Dec. in Long Carry (1970) 19 Two dead Jerries were brought down to H.Q.

1942 Tee Emm (Air Ministry) 2 58 Net result: all square—instead of one Jerry down.

1955 J. Thomas No Banners xx. 198 I thought you were a Jerry, trailing me.

1995 K. Atkinson Behind Scenes at Museum (1996) iii. 103 ‘Poor Ena,’ Betty said, her eyes filling up with tears. ‘Bloody Jerry,’ Ted said.

2006 J. M. Curnow Shot Down vii. 56 We..told each other that the Jerries would rue the day they had started bombing London.

B. adj.³ (attributive).

German.

ΚΠ

1917 F. Dunham Jrnl. 10 July in Long Carry (1970) 64 Our company was accommodated in two Jerry concrete dugouts.

1944 G. Netherwood Desert Squadron xii. 118 The well known Jerry boat, the canvas and leather affair, was soon put into active service by our men.

1944 M. Bourke-White in J. E. Lewis Mammoth Bk. War Correspondents (2001) 330 Good idea to make sure there's no Jerry fighter hanging about.

1972 Daily Mail 4 May 3/3 Give us a Jerry paper, love... There's a German bloke on top wants one.

2000 Guardian 10 Oct. ii. 22/3 We shared his visions of Lancaster bombers and his pal Johnny getting killed by some Jerry nightfighter.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

jerryn.⁴

Brit.

/ˈdʒɛri/, U.S.

/ˈdʒɛri/, Australian English

/ˈdʒeri/, New Zealand English

/ˈdʒeri/

Etymology: Compare jerry adj.², jerry v.

Australian and New Zealand slang.

to take a jerry (to): to investigate and understand (something), to ‘tumble’ to (something).

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > discovery > find out or come to know [verb (intransitive)]

seec1384

to find out1782

jerry1917

to take a jerry (to)1919

1919 W. H. Downing Digger Dial. 30 Take a jerry, change (for the better) one's course of conduct.

1937 E. Partridge Dict. Slang 437/1 Jerry,..a recognition, discovery, ‘tumble’.

1969 Landfall 23 328 It was time this country—ah! Took a jerry to itself. Ha ha.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1976; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

jerryadj.¹

Brit.

/ˈdʒɛri/, U.S.

/ˈdʒɛri/

Etymology: probably short for jerry-built adj.

Constructed unsubstantially of bad materials.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > ability > inability > unskilfulness > [adjective] > unskilled in art or craft > unskilfully made or done > built

jerry-built1869

jerry1882

1882 J. H. Nodal & G. Milnar Gloss. Lancashire Dial. Jerry, bad, defective, and deceptive;..a jerry building is one that is badly built, although it may look well outwardly.

1892 Ld. Egerton in Times 31 Aug. 9/4 A jerry canal would never have commanded the confidence of the public.

1899 Westm. Gaz. 6 Apr. 4/3 No matter how jerry the main structure of a house may be, if it is nicely decorated and finished inside..they [the public] will rent or buy it readily.

Derivatives

ˈjerryism n. jerry-building.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > ability > inability > unskilfulness > [noun] > unskilful action or working > clumsy or unskilled building or construction

jerry-building1885

jerryism1885

1885 Peterhead Sentinel 24 June The cheap jerryism of the building yards.

1885 Aberdeen Jrnl. 30 Dec. The Penedo..broke in two and foundered in a couple of minutes. This..is a very violent illustration of jerryism.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

jerryadj.²

Brit.

/ˈdʒɛri/, U.S.

/ˈdʒɛri/

Etymology: Origin unknown.

U.S. slang.

to be (or get) jerry (on, on to, to): to be aware (of); to be ‘wise’ (to); to understand.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > knowledge, what is known > have knowledge of [verb (intransitive)]

canOE

to know of ——c1350

savoura1382

understanda1400

kenc1400

weeta1547

to keep up to1712

to know about ——1761

to be (or get) wise to1896

to wise up1905

to have heard of1907

to be (or get) jerry (on, on to, to)1908

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > knowledge, what is known > [adjective] > knowledgeable, well-informed

knowinga1398

well-knowingc1425

scientc1475

advertised1481

well-informeda1500

scientive1575

callent1656

fly1811

knowledgeable1825

factful1853

dungeonable1855

knowful1855

woke up1871

in the know1883

to be jerry1908

hipped1920

wised-up1926

clueful1943

genned-up1945

clued (up)1948

1908 K. McGaffey Sorrows of Show Girl 200 She accepted the attentions of the comedian which his wife was not supposed to be jerry to.

1921 Adventure (U.S.) 18 May 25/1 I've got a strong hunch that thousand bucks is all stowed away, neat as pie, in the pendulum box o' that clock. I'm wise, Kid; I'm jerry.

1926 Flynn's 16 Jan. 639/1 I know that th' fly was jerry because he gave me th' once over as I was comin' out.

1942 L. V. Berrey & M. Van den Bark Amer. Thes. Slang §149/7 Know; be aware of, be hep,—jerry,—on,—onto,—wise to.

1942 L. V. Berrey & M. Van den Bark Amer. Thes. Slang §149/12 Knowing; cognizant; aware of,..jerry.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1976; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

jerryv.

Brit.

/ˈdʒɛri/, U.S.

/ˈdʒɛri/, Australian English

/ˈdʒeri/, New Zealand English

/ˈdʒeri/

Etymology: Compare jerry n.⁴

slang (chiefly Australian and New Zealand).

intransitive. To understand, realize; to ‘tumble’ to something.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > discovery > find out or come to know [verb (intransitive)]

seec1384

to find out1782

jerry1917

to take a jerry (to)1919

1917 Digger 4/3 The excuse was so full of Mer(r)it that the officer failed to ‘Jerry’ to it.

1918 Chrons. N.Z.E.F. 21 June 221/1 Unless the sergeant jerries to your lurk.

1925 E. Fraser & J. Gibbons Soldier & Sailor Words 131 Jerry, to, to understand, e.g., ‘Do you Jerry it, man?’

1959 G. Slatter Gun in my Hand viii. 91 Tried to cut me out with me sheila. Hadn't jerried to it before.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1976; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

n.¹1709

n.²1859

n.³adj.³1915

n.⁴1919

adj.¹1882

adj.²1908

v.1917

单词	jerry
释义	jerryn.¹ Brit. /ˈdʒɛri/, U.S. /ˈdʒɛri/ Etymology: Familiar variant of the proper name Jeremy or Jeremiah (in Ireland treated as equivalent to Diarmaid). Variously applied; mostly in slang or informal speech. 1. A machine for shearing cloth. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture textile fabric or that which consists of > manufacture of textile fabric > treating or processing textile fabric > [noun] > shearing > machine cloth-shearer?c1530 perpetual1879 jerry1883 1883 T. Lees Easther's Gloss. Dial. Almondbury & Huddersfield Jerry, the common name of a machine for finishing cloth, by which all the rough portions are removed. 1885 J. W. Taylor & F. W. Taylor Brit. Patent 2784/1885 1 ‘Jerrys’ or perpetual cutting machines employed in shearing..fabrics. 2. Printers' slang. The noise made by beating chases, etc., on an apprentice finishing his time, or on other occasions. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > loudness > confused sound > [noun] > rough music rough music1700 charivari1735 shivaree1805 callithump1843 tin-kettling1856 jerry1888 1888 C. T. Jacobi Printers' Vocab. 68 Jerry, the noise made by beating chases, etc., on an apprentice finishing time. 1894 D. C. Murray in My First Bk. 196 The compositors performed what they called a ‘jerry’ in the blunderer's honour. 3. Short for jerry-shop (a contraction, it is said, of Tom and Jerry n., from the cant name of a mixture of liquors): A low beer-house. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > drinking > drinking place > [noun] > tavern or public house > low drinking-house sot's-hof1532 bousing ken1567 fuddling-school1680 sot-bay1707 night-cellar1729 sot-hole1755 lush-ken1790 lush-crib1819 Tom and Jerry shop1824 Tom and Jerry1836 deadfall1837 jerry1851 shoful1851 cribc1865 bucket-shop1875 barrel-house1883 lushing-ken1883 shebang1901 barrel shop1904 blood house1913 smoke joint1931 shypoo1936 smoke-shop1937 dive bar1974 1851 H. Mayhew London Labour II. 227/1 An advance of 5s. made to him by the keeper of a beer-shop, or, as he called it, a ‘jerry’. 1858 T. Carlyle Let. 14 Sept. in J. A. Froude T. Carlyle: Life in London (1884) II. xxiv. 223 A worse than jerry-shop close over the way raged like Bedlam or Erebus. 1873 Slang Dict. Jerry shop, a beer-house. Contraction of ‘Tom and Jerry’. 4. Short for jerry hat: A round felt hat. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > headgear > [noun] > hat > made of specific material > felt > round jerry1841 1841 Punch 1 98 Those unassuming castors designated ‘Jerrys’. 1851 Official Descriptive & Illustr. Catal. Great Exhib. II. 275 Showing the manufacture of felt caps or jerries..Finished felt cap or jerry. 1865 Sat. Rev. 4 Feb. 146/1 Large light whiskers, a jerry hat, and green cutaway coat. 5. Short for jerry-builder n. ΚΠ 1890 in Cent. Dict. Compounds See also jerry-builder n., etc. jerry-come-tumble n. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > acrobatic performance > [noun] > acrobat tumblera1340 tumbesterc1386 tumblesterc1386 playera1425 speeler1496 balancer?1518 petaurist1656 tumbling lass1687 balance-master1753 balance-mistress1801 jerry-come-tumble1823 acrobat1827 evolutionist1833 jerry-go-nimble1874 1823 W. Scott Quentin Durward II. iv. 92 I [a hangman] never quarrel with my customers—my jerry-come-tumbles, my merry dancers. jerry-go-nimble n. a tumbler, an antic, a performer (equestrian or other); also transferred. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > acrobatic performance > [noun] > acrobat tumblera1340 tumbesterc1386 tumblesterc1386 playera1425 speeler1496 balancer?1518 petaurist1656 tumbling lass1687 balance-master1753 balance-mistress1801 jerry-come-tumble1823 acrobat1827 evolutionist1833 jerry-go-nimble1874 1874 T. Hardy Far from Madding Crowd I. viii. 94 They took me..into a grate large jerry-go-nimble show, where there were women-folk riding round. jerrycummumble v. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in specific manner > irregular movement or agitation > agitate [verb (transitive)] weigha1000 dreveOE ruska1300 commovec1374 to-stira1382 busy?c1400 tormenta1492 squalper?1527 toss1557 jumble1568 buskle1573 agitate1599 disturb1599 to work up1615 vex1627 conturbate1657 jerry-mumble1709 rejumble1755 jerrycummumble1785 reesle1903 1785 F. Grose Classical Dict. Vulgar Tongue Jerrycummumble, to shake, towzle, or tumble about. jerry-mumble v. (transitive) to shake or tumble about. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in specific manner > irregular movement or agitation > agitate [verb (transitive)] weigha1000 dreveOE ruska1300 commovec1374 to-stira1382 busy?c1400 tormenta1492 squalper?1527 toss1557 jumble1568 buskle1573 agitate1599 disturb1599 to work up1615 vex1627 conturbate1657 jerry-mumble1709 rejumble1755 jerrycummumble1785 reesle1903 1709 C. Cibber Rival Fools iii. 32 I gad I'll fetch one then, shall jerrymumble you. jerry-sneak n. a mean sneaking fellow, a hen-pecked husband. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > fear > cowardice or pusillanimity > [noun] > quality of unmanliness > one who is unmanly > hen-pecked husband jerry-sneak1820 society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > married person > married man > [noun] > husband > henpecked husband John Thomson's man?a1513 Tom Tiler1582 henpeck1711 jerry-sneak1820 monkey-man1840 1820 in S. Foote Mayor of Garratt Introd. p. i Jerry Sneak, the hen-pecked husband, is a picture that will always be familiar to every people. 1824 M. R. Mitford Our Village I. 239 Mr. Beck..was a little, insignificant, perking, sharp-featured man, with a Jerry-Sneak expression in his pale whey-face. 1844 W. H. Maxwell Wanderings in Highlands & Islands II. xi. 142 A..landlady..was mated to a Jerry Sneak. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online June 2022). jerryn.² Brit. /ˈdʒɛri/, U.S. /ˈdʒɛri/ Etymology: Probably abbreviation of jeroboam n. slang. A chamber-pot. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > sanitation > privy or latrine > [noun] > chamber-pot, etc. jordan1402 pissing vessel1440 pisspot1440 urinalc1475 pissing basin1481 piss bowlc1527 chamber vessel?1529 chamber pot1540 pot1568 jordan-pot1577 night-tub1616 looking-glassa1627 water-pot1629 chamber utensil1699 member-mug1699 utensil1699 pot de chambre1777 chanty1788 pig1810 piss bucket1819 chamber1829 jerry1859 po1880 thunder-mug1890 article1922 potty1937 honeypotc1947 totty-pot1966 piss-tin1974 1827 W. Maginn Whitehall ii. iv. 140 The naval officer..came into the Clarendon for a Jerry [= jeroboam] of punch. 1850 Sessions Papers Cent. Criminal Court (Surrey cases) May 124 I went into the jerry [= water-closet], but they had got there before me.] 1859 J. C. Hotten Dict. Slang 53 Jerry, a chamber utensil. 1932 J. Cary Aissa Saved xvii. 96 A thin handsome young man carrying a tin jerry in his hand and a broken kettle among the tatters on his back. 1939 ‘G. Orwell’ Coming up for Air iv. vi. 271 A bed not yet made and a jerry under the bed. 1968 Canad. Antiques Collector Dec. 10/1 Young English ladies and gentlemen were beginning to find it offensive to have the old man keep a jerry in the sideboard. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1976; most recently modified version published online March 2022). Jerryn.³adj.³ Brit. /ˈdʒɛri/, U.S. /ˈdʒɛri/ Origin: Formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Etymon: German n. Etymology: Shortened < German n. (compare -y suffix⁶), punningly after Jerry, pet form of the male forenames Jeremy and Jeremiah (see jerry n.¹). colloquial (usually depreciative and sometimes considered offensive).Chiefly used during or with reference to the First World War (1914–18) or (esp.) the Second World War (1939–45). Typically carrying less derogatory force than related terms such as Kraut (Kraut n. 2a), Boche (Boche n.), and Hun (Hun n.¹ 3). A. n.³ 1. a. With singular agreement. Germans, esp. German soldiers, collectively. ΚΠ 1915 Christmas Garland (5th Canad. Battalion, 1st Canad. Division, B.E.F.) 87/2 ‘Gott strafe the Umpire,’ ‘Heave a bomb at him Jerry!’ 1915 D. Fraser Jrnl. 9 Dec. (1985) i. 67 Jerry had several shots at me and missed. 1918 Princeton Alumni Weekly 11 Dec. 217/3 ‘Jerry’ evidently knew we were coming over and so tried to shake us up as much as possible. 1929 E. W. Springs Above Bright Blue Sky 272 If you have many chaps like him, it won't take long to chase Jerry back to the Rhine. 1943 B. J. Hurren Eastern Med. v. 51 Crete was ‘in the bag’ for Jerry if he wished to take it. c1945 M. Elevitch Let. in Dog Tags Yapping (2003) 159 The gullible American..hates the ‘Frogs’—he hates the ‘Limeys’ but I never hear him say anything against the Jerry. a1985 P. White With the Jocks (2003) 4 If Jerry was accurate with any guns and mortars, to survive the initial assault it seemed we would be in for a thin time. 2001 C. Hope Heaven Forbid xix. 177 Shufti. Jerry at six o'clock. Hold onto your hat. We're going in. b. Military. Jerry up (also over): used in the First World War (1914–18) as a warning that a German aircraft was approaching overhead. Now historical. ΚΠ 1919 K. Schwensen Hist. 102nd M. P. iii. 32 A whistle would cut through the night, notifying: ‘Jerry up’. 1925 E. Fraser & J. Gibbons Soldier & Sailor Words 131 Jerry over, ‘Lights out!’ The word passed along the lines at the Front at night on the nearing overhead of an enemy aeroplane. 1925 E. Fraser & J. Gibbons Soldier & Sailor Words 131 Jerry up, a warning call on the approach of a German aeroplane. 2011 P. Kelleher Black Hand Gang iii. 53 ‘Jerry up!’ said Half Pint, pointing up into the sky. 2. A German; esp. a German soldier. ΘΚΠ the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Europe > native or inhabitant of Germany > [noun] Almainc1330 Dutchmana1387 Germana1387 High Dutchmana1450 Hans1569 Muff1585 Teutonic1638 Herr1653 Dutcher1671 mein Herr1796 Teuton1833 Dutchy1834 sour-crout1841 Fritz1887 sausage1890 Heinie1904 Boche1914 Fritzie1915 Hun1915 Jerry1916 sauerkraut-eater1918 sausage-eater1918 sale Boche1919 Volksdeutsche1937 society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > soldier by nationality > [noun] > German Hessian1729 Kraut1862 Fritz1887 Heinie1904 Fritzie1915 strafer1915 Jerry1916 pickelhaube1931 feldgrau1934 Ted1947 1916 Scotsman 12 Sept. 5/7 They talked of the Germans as ‘Jerries’. 1916 F. Dunham Jrnl. 14 Dec. in Long Carry (1970) 19 Two dead Jerries were brought down to H.Q. 1942 Tee Emm (Air Ministry) 2 58 Net result: all square—instead of one Jerry down. 1955 J. Thomas No Banners xx. 198 I thought you were a Jerry, trailing me. 1995 K. Atkinson Behind Scenes at Museum (1996) iii. 103 ‘Poor Ena,’ Betty said, her eyes filling up with tears. ‘Bloody Jerry,’ Ted said. 2006 J. M. Curnow Shot Down vii. 56 We..told each other that the Jerries would rue the day they had started bombing London. B. adj.³ (attributive). German. ΚΠ 1917 F. Dunham Jrnl. 10 July in Long Carry (1970) 64 Our company was accommodated in two Jerry concrete dugouts. 1944 G. Netherwood Desert Squadron xii. 118 The well known Jerry boat, the canvas and leather affair, was soon put into active service by our men. 1944 M. Bourke-White in J. E. Lewis Mammoth Bk. War Correspondents (2001) 330 Good idea to make sure there's no Jerry fighter hanging about. 1972 Daily Mail 4 May 3/3 Give us a Jerry paper, love... There's a German bloke on top wants one. 2000 Guardian 10 Oct. ii. 22/3 We shared his visions of Lancaster bombers and his pal Johnny getting killed by some Jerry nightfighter. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). jerryn.⁴ Brit. /ˈdʒɛri/, U.S. /ˈdʒɛri/, Australian English /ˈdʒeri/, New Zealand English /ˈdʒeri/ Etymology: Compare jerry adj.², jerry v. Australian and New Zealand slang. to take a jerry (to): to investigate and understand (something), to ‘tumble’ to (something). ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > discovery > find out or come to know [verb (intransitive)] seec1384 to find out1782 jerry1917 to take a jerry (to)1919 1919 W. H. Downing Digger Dial. 30 Take a jerry, change (for the better) one's course of conduct. 1937 E. Partridge Dict. Slang 437/1 Jerry,..a recognition, discovery, ‘tumble’. 1969 Landfall 23 328 It was time this country—ah! Took a jerry to itself. Ha ha. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1976; most recently modified version published online March 2022). jerryadj.¹ Brit. /ˈdʒɛri/, U.S. /ˈdʒɛri/ Etymology: probably short for jerry-built adj. Constructed unsubstantially of bad materials. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > ability > inability > unskilfulness > [adjective] > unskilled in art or craft > unskilfully made or done > built jerry-built1869 jerry1882 1882 J. H. Nodal & G. Milnar Gloss. Lancashire Dial. Jerry, bad, defective, and deceptive;..a jerry building is one that is badly built, although it may look well outwardly. 1892 Ld. Egerton in Times 31 Aug. 9/4 A jerry canal would never have commanded the confidence of the public. 1899 Westm. Gaz. 6 Apr. 4/3 No matter how jerry the main structure of a house may be, if it is nicely decorated and finished inside..they [the public] will rent or buy it readily. Derivatives ˈjerryism n. jerry-building. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > ability > inability > unskilfulness > [noun] > unskilful action or working > clumsy or unskilled building or construction jerry-building1885 jerryism1885 1885 Peterhead Sentinel 24 June The cheap jerryism of the building yards. 1885 Aberdeen Jrnl. 30 Dec. The Penedo..broke in two and foundered in a couple of minutes. This..is a very violent illustration of jerryism. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2022). jerryadj.² Brit. /ˈdʒɛri/, U.S. /ˈdʒɛri/ Etymology: Origin unknown. U.S. slang. to be (or get) jerry (on, on to, to): to be aware (of); to be ‘wise’ (to); to understand. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > knowledge, what is known > have knowledge of [verb (intransitive)] canOE to know of ——c1350 savoura1382 understanda1400 kenc1400 weeta1547 to keep up to1712 to know about ——1761 to be (or get) wise to1896 to wise up1905 to have heard of1907 to be (or get) jerry (on, on to, to)1908 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > knowledge, what is known > [adjective] > knowledgeable, well-informed knowinga1398 well-knowingc1425 scientc1475 advertised1481 well-informeda1500 scientive1575 callent1656 fly1811 knowledgeable1825 factful1853 dungeonable1855 knowful1855 woke up1871 in the know1883 to be jerry1908 hipped1920 wised-up1926 clueful1943 genned-up1945 clued (up)1948 1908 K. McGaffey Sorrows of Show Girl 200 She accepted the attentions of the comedian which his wife was not supposed to be jerry to. 1921 Adventure (U.S.) 18 May 25/1 I've got a strong hunch that thousand bucks is all stowed away, neat as pie, in the pendulum box o' that clock. I'm wise, Kid; I'm jerry. 1926 Flynn's 16 Jan. 639/1 I know that th' fly was jerry because he gave me th' once over as I was comin' out. 1942 L. V. Berrey & M. Van den Bark Amer. Thes. Slang §149/7 Know; be aware of, be hep,—jerry,—on,—onto,—wise to. 1942 L. V. Berrey & M. Van den Bark Amer. Thes. Slang §149/12 Knowing; cognizant; aware of,..jerry. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1976; most recently modified version published online March 2022). jerryv. Brit. /ˈdʒɛri/, U.S. /ˈdʒɛri/, Australian English /ˈdʒeri/, New Zealand English /ˈdʒeri/ Etymology: Compare jerry n.⁴ slang (chiefly Australian and New Zealand). intransitive. To understand, realize; to ‘tumble’ to something. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > discovery > find out or come to know [verb (intransitive)] seec1384 to find out1782 jerry1917 to take a jerry (to)1919 1917 Digger 4/3 The excuse was so full of Mer(r)it that the officer failed to ‘Jerry’ to it. 1918 Chrons. N.Z.E.F. 21 June 221/1 Unless the sergeant jerries to your lurk. 1925 E. Fraser & J. Gibbons Soldier & Sailor Words 131 Jerry, to, to understand, e.g., ‘Do you Jerry it, man?’ 1959 G. Slatter Gun in my Hand viii. 91 Tried to cut me out with me sheila. Hadn't jerried to it before. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1976; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.¹1709n.²1859n.³adj.³1915n.⁴1919adj.¹1882adj.²1908v.1917
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