leather-jacketn.

Brit.

/ˈlɛðəˌdʒakɪt/, U.S.

/ˈlɛðərˌdʒækət/, Australian English

/ˈleðəˌdʒækət/

Etymology: < leather n. + jacket n.

1. A name given to various fishes, having a thick skin; e.g. Balistes capriscus, Oligoplites saurus, and species of Monacanthus.

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the world > animals > fish > miscellaneous types > [noun] > leather-jacket or oligoplites saurus

leather-jacket1770

pigfish1807

runner1905

the world > animals > fish > superorder Acanthopterygii (spiny fins) > order Perciformes (perches) > order Tetraodontiformes (puffers) > [noun] > family Balistidae (trigger-fish) > Balistes (file-fish)

goatfish1613

prickle1681

leather-jacket1770

unicorn file-fish1804

file-fish1815

monacanthid1977

the world > animals > fish > superorder Acanthopterygii (spiny fins) > order Perciformes (perches) > order Tetraodontiformes (puffers) > [noun] > family Monacanthidae > member of

leather-jacket1770

fool-fish1842

scleroderm1842

unicorn-fish1876

1770 J. Cook Jrnl. 5 May (1893) 246 They had caught a great number of small fish, which the sailors call leather jackets on account of their having a very thick skin.

1789 W. Tench Narr. Exped. Botany Bay xv. 129 To this may be added bass, mullet, skait, soles, leather-jackets, and many other species.

1883 E. P. Ramsay Food Fishes New S. Wales 31 The ‘leather jackets’, Monacanthus, are the only members of this family [Sclerodermi] used as food.

1884 G. B. Goode in G. B. Goode et al. Fisheries U.S.: Sect. I i. 172 The Leather-jacket of Pensacola, Balistes capriscus, called ‘Trigger Fish’ in the Carolinas.

1884 G. B. Goode in G. B. Goode et al. Fisheries U.S.: Sect. I i. 332 The Leatherjacket—Oligoplites saurus.

2. Australian. A kind of pancake.

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the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > pancake, tortilla, or oatcake > [noun] > pancake

froise1338

pancakea1400

flawnc1400

crust-rollc1430

pancake wisea1500

flapjack1620

torteau1625

egg-fraise1693

wafer pancake1769

flamm1819

blini1842

leather-jacket1846

round robin1847

Pfannkuchen1856

palacinka1884

blintz1903

latke1909

crêpe Suzette1922

Dutch baby1927

spring roll1927

Palatschinken1929

egg roll1938

tostada1945

crêpe1951

ploye1959

palacsinta1964

pancake roll1967

appam1972

popiah1975

uthappam1976

1846 G. H. Haydon Five Years Austral. Felix vi. 151 A plentiful supply of ‘leather jackets’ (dough fried in a pan).

1855 W. Howitt Land, Labour & Gold I. 117 The leather-jacket..is equal to any muffin you can buy in the London shops.

3. Australian. A name applied to various trees, on account of the toughness of their bark, e.g. Eucalyptus punctata (Morris).

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1874 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. Suppl. Leather-jacket of New South Wales, Eucalyptus resinifera.

4. The grub of the crane-fly.

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1881 E. A. Ormerod Man. Injurious Insects 66.

1898 R. Kearton Wild Life at Home 76 I watched a female [starling] collecting ‘leather-jackets’ on a newly-mown lawn last July.

5. A person, frequently a member of a gang or a delinquent group, dressed in a leather jacket.

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the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > violent behaviour > [noun] > person > distinguished by specific item of clothing

peaky blinder1890

leather-jacket1959

1959 New Statesman 15 Aug. 180/1 All France has learnt about the bands of ‘leather-jackets’... Why are these young rowdies called ‘leather-jacket’?.. Certainly leather jackets seem to be the uniform for young American delinquents.

1960 Britannica Bk. of Year 557/2 The characteristic dress of juvenile delinquents in several countries produced the term leather jackets, meaning delinquents.

1963 V. Nabokov Gift v. 289 Not long before his deportation from Russia, when some revolvered leatherjackets had come to arrest him.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1902; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	leather-jacket
释义	leather-jacketn. Brit. /ˈlɛðəˌdʒakɪt/, U.S. /ˈlɛðərˌdʒækət/, Australian English /ˈleðəˌdʒækət/ Etymology: < leather n. + jacket n. 1. A name given to various fishes, having a thick skin; e.g. Balistes capriscus, Oligoplites saurus, and species of Monacanthus. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > fish > miscellaneous types > [noun] > leather-jacket or oligoplites saurus leather-jacket1770 pigfish1807 runner1905 the world > animals > fish > superorder Acanthopterygii (spiny fins) > order Perciformes (perches) > order Tetraodontiformes (puffers) > [noun] > family Balistidae (trigger-fish) > Balistes (file-fish) goatfish1613 prickle1681 leather-jacket1770 unicorn file-fish1804 file-fish1815 monacanthid1977 the world > animals > fish > superorder Acanthopterygii (spiny fins) > order Perciformes (perches) > order Tetraodontiformes (puffers) > [noun] > family Monacanthidae > member of leather-jacket1770 fool-fish1842 scleroderm1842 unicorn-fish1876 1770 J. Cook Jrnl. 5 May (1893) 246 They had caught a great number of small fish, which the sailors call leather jackets on account of their having a very thick skin. 1789 W. Tench Narr. Exped. Botany Bay xv. 129 To this may be added bass, mullet, skait, soles, leather-jackets, and many other species. 1883 E. P. Ramsay Food Fishes New S. Wales 31 The ‘leather jackets’, Monacanthus, are the only members of this family [Sclerodermi] used as food. 1884 G. B. Goode in G. B. Goode et al. Fisheries U.S.: Sect. I i. 172 The Leather-jacket of Pensacola, Balistes capriscus, called ‘Trigger Fish’ in the Carolinas. 1884 G. B. Goode in G. B. Goode et al. Fisheries U.S.: Sect. I i. 332 The Leatherjacket—Oligoplites saurus. 2. Australian. A kind of pancake. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > pancake, tortilla, or oatcake > [noun] > pancake froise1338 pancakea1400 flawnc1400 crust-rollc1430 pancake wisea1500 flapjack1620 torteau1625 egg-fraise1693 wafer pancake1769 flamm1819 blini1842 leather-jacket1846 round robin1847 Pfannkuchen1856 palacinka1884 blintz1903 latke1909 crêpe Suzette1922 Dutch baby1927 spring roll1927 Palatschinken1929 egg roll1938 tostada1945 crêpe1951 ploye1959 palacsinta1964 pancake roll1967 appam1972 popiah1975 uthappam1976 1846 G. H. Haydon Five Years Austral. Felix vi. 151 A plentiful supply of ‘leather jackets’ (dough fried in a pan). 1855 W. Howitt Land, Labour & Gold I. 117 The leather-jacket..is equal to any muffin you can buy in the London shops. 3. Australian. A name applied to various trees, on account of the toughness of their bark, e.g. Eucalyptus punctata (Morris). ΚΠ 1874 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. Suppl. Leather-jacket of New South Wales, Eucalyptus resinifera. 4. The grub of the crane-fly. ΚΠ 1881 E. A. Ormerod Man. Injurious Insects 66. 1898 R. Kearton Wild Life at Home 76 I watched a female [starling] collecting ‘leather-jackets’ on a newly-mown lawn last July. 5. A person, frequently a member of a gang or a delinquent group, dressed in a leather jacket. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > violent behaviour > [noun] > person > distinguished by specific item of clothing peaky blinder1890 leather-jacket1959 1959 New Statesman 15 Aug. 180/1 All France has learnt about the bands of ‘leather-jackets’... Why are these young rowdies called ‘leather-jacket’?.. Certainly leather jackets seem to be the uniform for young American delinquents. 1960 Britannica Bk. of Year 557/2 The characteristic dress of juvenile delinquents in several countries produced the term leather jackets, meaning delinquents. 1963 V. Nabokov Gift v. 289 Not long before his deportation from Russia, when some revolvered leatherjackets had come to arrest him. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1902; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1770
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