Mother Bunchn.

Brit.

/ˌmʌðə ˈbʌn(t)ʃ/, U.S.

/ˌməðər ˈbən(t)ʃ/

Origin: From a proper name. Etymon: proper name Mother Bunch.

Etymology: < the name of Mother Bunch, an alehouse keeper in Elizabethan London, renowned for serving particularly strong ale, and reputed to have lived to a great age. In sense 2 after bunch n.¹ 1a.That the name of Mother Bunch was long remembered is evidenced by its later appearance in several book titles (e.g. Pasquil's Jests, mixed with Mother Bunches Merriments (1604), History of Mother Bunch of the West: containing, many rarities out of her Golden Closet of Curiosities (?1750), Mother Bunch's Closet newly broke open: containing rare secrets of art and nature, tried and experienced by learned philosophers, and recommended to all ingenious young men and maidens (?1790), Celebrated Fairy Tales of Mother Bunch (1817), Beauty & the Beast; or, Harlequin and Old Mother Bunch. Grand comic Christmas Pantomime (1869)), although it is clear from these that it had come in time to represent little more than the generalized stereotype of old wife and teller of tales.

†1. Probably: strong ale (as proverbially served by Mother Bunch). Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > liquid > water > [noun]

watereOE

aquaa1398

breec1540

Mother Bunch1600

lympha1630

pani1816

fisherman's daughter1880

1592 T. Nashe Pierce Penilesse (Brit. Libr. copy) sig. D1 Frogs, which may be alluded to Mother Bunches slymie ale, that hath made her..so wealthie.]

1600 T. Dekker Shomakers Holiday sig. H2^v Am I sure that Paules steeple is a handfull higher then London stone? or that the pissing conduit leakes nothing but pure mother Bunch?

2. A stout, untidy, or awkward-looking woman or girl.

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the world > people > person > old person > old woman > [noun]

old wifeeOE

old womanOE

trota1375

carlinec1375

cronec1386

vecke1390

monea1393

hagc1400

ribibec1405

aunt?a1425

crate14..

witchc1475

mauda1500

mackabroine1546

grandam?1550

grannam1565

old lady1575

beldam1580

lucky1629

granny1634

patriarchess1639

runta1652

harridan1699

grimalkin1798

mama1810

tante1815

wifie1823

maw1826

old dear1836

tante1845

Mother Bunch1847

douairière1869

dowager1870

veteraness1880

old trout1897

tab1909

bag1924

crow1925

ma1932

Skinny Liz1940

old bag1947

old boot1958

tannie1958

LOL1960

1847 C. Brontë Jane Eyre II. iii. 81 You talked of going..to visit the gipsy camp..one of the old Mother Bunches is in the servants' hall at this moment.

1861 G. J. Whyte-Melville Market Harborough viii. 94 I have seen mammas whom the fairest of Eve's daughters might be proud to resemble; but it is sometimes hard upon the young Phœbe to have..at her side the shapeless Mother Bunch, into the fac-simile of which she must eventually grow.

1899 B. W. Green Word-bk. Virginia Folk-speech 245 Mother-bunch,..a short, stout girl.

1964 Guardian 28 Dec. 6/4 She no more looks like a Mother Bunch than sounds like one..a fairly plump but elegant, well-dressed woman.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	mother bunch
释义	Mother Bunchn. Brit. /ˌmʌðə ˈbʌn(t)ʃ/, U.S. /ˌməðər ˈbən(t)ʃ/ Origin: From a proper name. Etymon: proper name Mother Bunch. Etymology: < the name of Mother Bunch, an alehouse keeper in Elizabethan London, renowned for serving particularly strong ale, and reputed to have lived to a great age. In sense 2 after bunch n.¹ 1a.That the name of Mother Bunch was long remembered is evidenced by its later appearance in several book titles (e.g. Pasquil's Jests, mixed with Mother Bunches Merriments (1604), History of Mother Bunch of the West: containing, many rarities out of her Golden Closet of Curiosities (?1750), Mother Bunch's Closet newly broke open: containing rare secrets of art and nature, tried and experienced by learned philosophers, and recommended to all ingenious young men and maidens (?1790), Celebrated Fairy Tales of Mother Bunch (1817), Beauty & the Beast; or, Harlequin and Old Mother Bunch. Grand comic Christmas Pantomime (1869)), although it is clear from these that it had come in time to represent little more than the generalized stereotype of old wife and teller of tales. †1. Probably: strong ale (as proverbially served by Mother Bunch). Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > liquid > water > [noun] watereOE aquaa1398 breec1540 Mother Bunch1600 lympha1630 pani1816 fisherman's daughter1880 1592 T. Nashe Pierce Penilesse (Brit. Libr. copy) sig. D1 Frogs, which may be alluded to Mother Bunches slymie ale, that hath made her..so wealthie.] 1600 T. Dekker Shomakers Holiday sig. H2^v Am I sure that Paules steeple is a handfull higher then London stone? or that the pissing conduit leakes nothing but pure mother Bunch? 2. A stout, untidy, or awkward-looking woman or girl. ΘΚΠ the world > people > person > old person > old woman > [noun] old wifeeOE old womanOE trota1375 carlinec1375 cronec1386 vecke1390 monea1393 hagc1400 ribibec1405 aunt?a1425 crate14.. witchc1475 mauda1500 mackabroine1546 grandam?1550 grannam1565 old lady1575 beldam1580 lucky1629 granny1634 patriarchess1639 runta1652 harridan1699 grimalkin1798 mama1810 tante1815 wifie1823 maw1826 old dear1836 tante1845 Mother Bunch1847 douairière1869 dowager1870 veteraness1880 old trout1897 tab1909 bag1924 crow1925 ma1932 Skinny Liz1940 old bag1947 old boot1958 tannie1958 LOL1960 1847 C. Brontë Jane Eyre II. iii. 81 You talked of going..to visit the gipsy camp..one of the old Mother Bunches is in the servants' hall at this moment. 1861 G. J. Whyte-Melville Market Harborough viii. 94 I have seen mammas whom the fairest of Eve's daughters might be proud to resemble; but it is sometimes hard upon the young Phœbe to have..at her side the shapeless Mother Bunch, into the fac-simile of which she must eventually grow. 1899 B. W. Green Word-bk. Virginia Folk-speech 245 Mother-bunch,..a short, stout girl. 1964 Guardian 28 Dec. 6/4 She no more looks like a Mother Bunch than sounds like one..a fairly plump but elegant, well-dressed woman. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1600
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