单词 | money-maker |
释义 | money-makern. a. A person who makes coins, a minter. Also: a person who deals in money, a money changer. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > money > coining > [noun] > coiner minterOE money-maker1297 forger1382 moneyera1400 coinerc1440 striker1449 printer1451 mintmaker1480 mintman1605 money coiner1742 society > trade and finance > financial dealings > types of money-dealing > [noun] > money-changing > money changer mintereOE money-maker1297 changera1325 collybistc1380 moneyera1400 money changerc1400 nummularianc1429 wisseler1481 argenter1483 banker1484 exchanger1539 tablera1557 saraf1598 shroff1618 coin-courser1652 1297 in G. Otto Handwerkernamen in Mittelengl. (1938) 82 (MED) Monye maker. 1400–1 in F. Collins Reg. Freemen York (1897) I. 104 (MED) Joh. de Esynwald, monemaker. ?a1425 (a1415) Lanterne of Liȝt (Harl.) (1917) 92 Iesu..cast out alle sellars & biears in þe temple & the bordis of mony-makears. 1431 in J. Raine Testamenta Eboracensia (1855) II. 16 (MED) Ego, Johannes Esyngwald de Eboraco, monymakerr. 1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles I. cxxxvi. 163 Two hundred money makers, that forged there the Money for the french kyng. c1540 (?a1400) Gest Historiale Destr. Troy 1590 Marchandes, Monymakers, Mongers of fyche. 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Matrice, a money-makers, or letter-founders, Matrice; the mould or forme for the eyes of their markes, or letters. b. spec. A maker of counterfeit coin. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > money > counterfeiting > [noun] > person who falser1340 false-bullera1400 money-makerc1450 multipliera1500 counterfeiter1534 false-coiner1574 coiner1578 counterfeit1606 ben-feaker1612 venter1629 voucher1673 falsifiera1682 utterer1731 figure-dancer1796 boodler1872 paper-pusher1928 c1450 Jacob's Well (1900) 62 (MED) Alle false monye-makerys, & false clypperys & wasscherys of monye. c1450 J. Lydgate Kings of Eng. (Bodl. Add.) in Minor Poems (1934) ii. 718 (MED) He made a statute..That monymakers shuld lese her sight. a1500 in R. H. Robbins Hist. Poems 14th & 15th Cent. (1959) 165 (MED) Mony-makers I trow þei be, regis proditores. 1696 W. Nicolson Eng. Hist. Libr. I. 107 I have not yet heard that our Trayterous English Money-makers have hitherto busy'd themselves in Counterfeiting any Coin of so ancient a Date. a1734 J. Comer in Rhode Island Hist. Soc. Coll. (1893) 8 65 This day came up ye case of ye money makers to trial. 1777 in New Hampsh. Hist. Soc. Coll. (1863) VII. 93 To pay Col. Sam'l Folson nineteen pounds eleven shillings for..apprehending Money makers. 1778 in New Hampsh. Hist. Soc. Coll. (1863) VII. 149 Jno Mac Glauglin, a money maker. 2. a. A person who earns or accumulates much money; a person who is skilled in, or intent upon, making or accumulating money. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > management of money > income, revenue, or profit > getting or making money > [noun] > profit-making > one who makes profit winner1352 money-makera1450 gainer1538 profit taker1552 proficiary1621 profiter1683 superlucrator1683 money machine1833 a1450 tr. Aelred of Rievaulx De Institutione Inclusarum (Bodl.) (1984) 3 I nolde thou were a mony-maker. 1549 H. Latimer 2nd Serm. before Kynges Maiestie 4th Serm. sig. Liiv They be suche money makers inhauncers, and promoters of them selues. a1842 W. Whitman Prose Wks. (1892) 367 Ridman was a money-maker. 1864 G. Meredith Emilia in Eng. I. i. 2 The fact of his being a money-maker was redeemed in their sight by his devotion to music. 1920 Edinb. Rev. July 163 Meleager was always a money spender rather than a money maker. 1958 Clothing Machine Engineer Feb. 11 (advt.) For the home moneymaker The Stitchmaster Automatic Button-holer. 1992 U.S. News & World Rep. 21 Dec. 30/2 If the '80s were the champagne decade, the '90s will belong to the fine tea. That's the hope of the moneymakers who created Banana Republic. b. A thing which makes money or is financially profitable, esp. a product, an enterprise, etc. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > management of money > income, revenue, or profit > profit > [noun] > source of profit get-penny1605 Diana1640 money-spinner1825 money-maker1850 oof-bird1888 grosser1959 port wages1992 1850 I. Mayhew Pop. Educ. 275 Intelligence is the great money maker, not by extortion, but by production. 1899 G. Ade Doc' Horne 22 I expect to have an interest in the Neapolitan Dental Parlors, where I'm working now. It's a sure money-maker. 1901 Munsey's Mag. Aug. 748/2 Some wells have been great money makers for their owners. 1940 E. Fergusson Our Southwest xix. 349 He has instead snapped up his dances as money-makers. 1992 Independent 1 Dec. 11/1 His most recent moneymaker was the Russian Commodities and Raw Materials Exchange. 3. slang. a. The female genitals. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > sex organs > female sex organs > [noun] cuntc1230 quivera1382 chosec1386 privy chosea1387 quoniamc1405 naturec1470 shell1497 box1541 water gate1541 mouth1568 quiver case1568 water gap1586 cunnya1593 medlar1597 mark1598 buggle-boo1600 malkin1602 lap1607 skin coat1611 quim1613 nest1614 watermilla1626 bum1655 merkin1656 twat1656 notch1659 commodity1660 modicum1660 crinkum-crankum1670 honeypot1673 honour1688 muff1699 pussy1699 puss1707 fud1771 jock1790 cock?1833 fanny?1835 vaginac1890 rug1893 money-maker1896 Berkeley1899 Berkeley Hunt1899 twitchet1899 mingea1903 snatch1904 beaver1927 coozie1934 Sir Berkeley1937 pocketbook1942 pranny1949 zatch1950 cooch1955 bearded clam1962 noonie1966 chuff1967 coozea1968 carpet1981 pum-pum1983 front bum1985 coochie1986 punani1987 front bottom1991 va-jay-jay2000 1896 J. S. Farmer & W. E. Henley Slang IV. 339/1 The female pudendum..English synonyms..money-maker. 1934 ‘J. M. Hall’ Anecdota Americana 2nd Ser. 21 Liza..saw the reflection of her pussy in one of the puddles. She playfully pointed her finger at the reflection and said, ‘There you is, you little ol' money-maker.’ 1968 R. Gover JC Saves 85 Can't wait..[to] wash the jail off my skin an the funk outa my moneymaker. 1975 R. H. Rimmer Premar Exper. (1976) i. 71 He claimed he could get me a job as a dancer. ‘Easy work, Just show your money-maker to the man, Samantha, but don't do it for nothin'.’ 1993 Spy (N.Y.) Dec. 39/3 At this point my box was throbbing, my rosebud was engorged, and my mound, my moneymaker, my joy buzzer, my snapper, and Mr. Squeeze were all demanding immediate hands-on attention. b. Chiefly U.S. The buttocks, esp. a woman's buttocks. to shake one's money-maker: to dance. ΚΠ 1961 E. James (title of song) Shake your money maker. 1972 B. Rodgers Queens' Vernacular 24 Kick her on her money-maker! 1979 C. Keel Rituals 11 Get your moneymaker in motion anyway, Dabney. 1990 Egg Aug. 82/7 Get out and shake your money-maker if you can endure dance-floor gridlock. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1297 |
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