Meltoniann.1adj.
/mɛlˈtəʊnɪən/, U.S. /mɛlˈtoʊniən/ A. n.1
A person who hunts at Melton Mowbray; (hence) a skilled or experienced fox-hunter. Now historical.
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Meltonian1825
1825 H. Alken (title) A few ideas, being hints to all would-be Meltonians. All is not gold that glitters; neither does keeping horses at Melton, and mounting the scarlet, make the real Meltonian.
1840 D. P. Blaine Encycl. Rural Sports §1637 All riders are not Meltonians.
1841 Fraser's Mag. 23 16 A first-flight Meltonian is not said to ride well, but to go well after hounds.
1998 Leicester Mercury (Nexis) 14 July 4 A man would need at least twelve throughbred hunters—20 if he was married. Paget mentions a saying amongst Meltonians (his term for the visiting gentry)—‘a woman's right place is a sofa, not a saddle’!
B. adj.
Of or belonging to Melton Mowbray; esp. of, relating to, or characteristic of fox-hunting as practised around Melton Mowbray.
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1843 T. B. Macaulay in Edinb. Rev. Jan. 528 A kind of game which is hunted in London every spring with more than Meltonian ardour and perseverance.
1854 Househ. Words 28 Oct. 250/2 Captain Wad of Meltonian reputation.
1901 Edinb. Rev. Jan. 100 The red evening coat in which fox-hunters dine may be traced to the Meltonian dandies.
1995 Independent (Nexis) 9 Sept. 12 The great portraitist Ben Marshall (1767–1835)—to whom John Ferneley, a Meltonian hunting farmer was apprenticed—was no horseman.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
Meltoniann.2
/mɛlˈtəʊnɪən/, U.S. /mɛlˈtoʊniən/ A proprietary name for: any of various polishes, waxes, etc., for shoes and boots. Esp. in Meltonian cream.
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1878 Army & Navy Co-op. Soc. Price List 21/1 Blacking... Brown's Meltonian. 1/6 bottle. Brown's Meltonian Cream.
1933 Radio Times 14 Apr. 98/1 Meltonian Cream..is..an insurance policy for shoes.
1998 S. Easson in M. J. McNamee & S. J. Parry Ethics & Sport iv. 65 The effusive Neville Cardus, permanently inebriated from the whiff of linseed oil and Meltonian Easy-White.
1999 Chicago Sun-Times 13 Oct. 39/2 Type of polish is important, too. Traditional tin varieties are fine, but nothing works better than Meltonian cream.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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