单词 | kitchen knave |
释义 | kitchen knaven. Now archaic and historical. A male servant employed to do the most menial tasks in a kitchen. Also (derogatory): a servile or insignificant underling. Cf. scullion n. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > cooking > service in kitchen > [noun] > kitchen servant squiller1303 waynpainc1330 kitchener1332 custronc1400 kitchen knave1440 scullion1483 scudler1488 swiller?a1500 dishwashera1529 lubber1538 kitchen maid1551 kitchen wencha1556 scull1566 washpot1570 kitchen stuff1582 scrape-trencher1603 kitchenist?1617 trencher-scraper1650 mediastine1658 drudge-pudding1737 marmiton1754 knife-boy1847 potwalloper1859 kitchen mechanic1861 society > society and the community > social class > the common people > low rank or condition > the lowest class > [noun] > person of the lowest class ribalda1250 kitchen knave1440 scullion1483 scudler1488 canel raker?1518 channel raker1575 proletary1576 muckworm1649 proletariana1657 infimate1733 proletaire1796 coolie1803 gutterling1846 mudsill1858 prole1887 gutter-sparrow1890 gutter-bird1896 underworldling1928 delta1932 lumpenproletarian1936 proly1959 society > authority > subjection > service > servant > personal or domestic servant > domestic servant > [noun] > unskilled or doing menial work kitchen knave1440 scullion1483 sweep-house1621 sweep-gallery1705 scrubber1839 slushy1953 Promptorium Parvulorum (Harl. 221) 274 Kechyne knave, lixa. a1470 T. Malory Morte Darthur (Winch. Coll. 13) (1990) I. 303 This is but a kychyn knave that was fedde in kyng Arthurs kychyn for almys. 1568 D. Lindsay Complaint Bagsche in Wks. (1931) I. 97 I tuke na mair compt of ane Lord Nor I did of ane keiching knaif. 1872 Ld. Tennyson Gareth & Lynette 29 Grant me to serve For meat and drink among thy kitchen-knaves. 1957 Portsmouth (Ohio) Times 6 Nov. 9/5 Wesley McMullen..appeared in the title role of Dick Whittington, a kitchen knave. 2013 @mjk1961 10 Mar. in twitter.com (accessed 19 Aug. 2019) Re-think minions. I just took one to the ER for stitches. He's being demoted to kitchen knave. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2020; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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