| 单词 | knocker-off |
| 释义 | > as lemmasknocker-off 5. With adverbs, as knocker-down, also = knock-down n. 1a; knocker-off, (a) = knock-off n. 1; (b) Underworld slang a thief; knocker-up, a person who goes round the streets in the early morning to awaken people. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > state of being awake > [noun] > action, act, or state of waking or being wakened > specific waking or rousing > one who > specific knocker-up1861 caller1863 the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > thief > [noun] thief688 bribera1387 stealer1508 taker?a1513 goodfellow1566 snatcher1575 lift1591 liftera1592 larcin1596 Tartar1602 lime-twig1606 outparter1607 Tartarian1608 flick1610 puggard1611 gilt1620 nim1630 highwayman1652 cloyer1659 out-trader1660 Robin Goodfellow1680 birdlime1705 gyp1728 filch1775 kiddy1780 snaveller1781 larcenist1803 pincher1814 geach1821 wharf-rat1823 toucher1837 larcener1839 snammer1839 drummer1856 gun1857 forker1867 gunsmith1869 nabber1880 thiever1899 tea-leaf1903 gun moll1908 nicker1909 knocker-off1926 possum1945 scuffler1961 rip-off1969 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Assommeur, a knocker, feller, or beater, downe. 1639 J. Ford Ladies Triall i. sig. B A taker up, Rather indeede a knocker downe. 1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory iii. 315/1 The Axe, which is the right form of the Butchers Knocker Down. 1697 Praise Yorksh. Ale (Craven Gloss.) We've ale also that is called knocker-down. 1861 E. Waugh Rambles Lake Country 223 (E.D.D.) That curious Lancashire character the ‘knocker-up’. 1875 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Knocker-off. (Knitting.) A wheel with projections to raise the loop over the top of the needle and discharge it therefrom. 1884 Pall Mall Gaz. 14 Oct. 3/2 The stock in trade of the ‘knocker-up’ consists of a long pole..with pieces of wire at the end. This pole is raised to the bedroom, and the wires are rattled against the window pane. Knockers-up charge 2d. a week for this service. 1926 E. Wallace Door with Seven Locks iii. 28 Tommy Cawler had been a notorious ‘knocker-off’ of motor-cars. 1952 ‘J. Henry’ Who lie in Gaol iv. 61 They are mostly house-breakers and petty thieves, or ‘knockers-off’ in prison parlance. < as lemmas |
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