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单词 limehouse
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Limehousev.

Brit. /ˈlʌɪmhaʊs/, U.S. /ˈlaɪmˌhaʊs/
Etymology: < Limehouse, a district in the east of London.
intransitive. To make fiery (political) speeches such as Mr. Lloyd George made at Limehouse in 1909. Also as n.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > language > speech > speech-making > make a speech [verb (intransitive)] > for particular occasion, purpose, or cause
epitaph1606
vary1680
stump1839
to take the stump1868
spruik1894
to go on the stump1903
Limehouse1913
tub-thump1920
soap-box1926
1913 Daily Mail 1 Aug. 5 (heading) Mr. Lloyd George himself again... Limehousing at Carnarvon.
1914 National Rev. June 543 Mr. Lloyd George went to Ipswich and Limehoused on the eve of the poll.
1932 Times Lit. Suppl. 9 June 426/2 He [sc. Bonar Law] introduced..a ‘new acerbity’ into Front Bench debating, or what his opponents might have called the Conservative counterpart of ‘Limehouse’.
1937 E. Partridge Dict. Slang 484/1 Limehouse, ‘to use coarse, abusive language in a speech’.

Derivatives

ˈLimehousing n.
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the mind > language > speech > speech-making > [noun] > for specific occasion, purpose, or cause
bar-oratorya1754
mob-oratory1846
stumping1865
keynoting1889
soap-boxing1919
Limehousing1920
tub-thumpery1927
soap-box1928
1920 Glasgow Herald 20 Mar. 7 It is exactly what he used to say in the old Limehouse days, though his Limehousing now is of a different kind.
1920 Punch 31 Mar. 259/1 Guerrilla tactics in the House, suspension, recognition, pacifism, office, original budgeting, limehousing.., social reform.
1963 Punch 16 Jan. 96/1 Enough of the actor to wallow in invective—‘Limehousing’ they called it.
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