单词 | limehouse |
释义 | Limehousev. 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. ΘΚΠ 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. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.1913 |
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