| 单词 | katzenjammer kids |
| 释义 | > as lemmasKatzenjammer Kids (or Children) c. Katzenjammer Kids (or Children), mischievous, naughty children; enfants terribles. So called from the title of a comic strip, first drawn by Rudolph Dirks in 1897 for the New York Journal, featuring Hans and Fritz, two incorrigible children. Also attributive. ΘΚΠ society > authority > lack of subjection > unruliness > [noun] > unruly person > children Katzenjammer Kids (or Children)1897 1897 R. Dirks in N.Y. Jrnl. 12 Dec. 8 (comic strip title) Ach, Those Katzenjammer Kids! 1910 M. G. Pedrick in Good Housek. May 625/2 The children are engrossed with the mishaps of Happy Hooligan, Smarty, Gaston or the ‘demoniacal ingenuity of the Katzenjammer Kids’. 1947 W. Stevens Let. June (1967) 558 The noisy Katzenjammer children..were upstairs saying their prayers. 1962 Times Lit. Suppl. 13 July 511/3 He has no difficulty in matching the varied dialects of the Greek, drawing as required on such rich sources as mint-julep Southern, broad Brooklynese or Katzenjammerkids German. < as lemmas |
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