单词 | morrison |
释义 | Morrisonn. Chiefly British. 1. Morrison shelter n. (originally more fully Morrison Table Shelter) a transportable indoor steel table-shaped air-raid shelter. Now historical. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > defence > defensive work(s) > shelter or screen > [noun] > air-raid shelter police box1855 air raid shelter1917 shelter1918 surface shelter1922 Anderson shelter1939 dugout1940 Morrison shelter1941 tube shelter1942 1941 Daily Herald 12 Feb. 5/1 Yesterday Mrs. Churchill, Mr. Morrison and Miss Ellen Wilkinson tested the comfort of the first Morrison Table Shelter. 1945 S. Spender Citizens in War 21 In addition to the Anderson shelters, Morrison shelters and Surface shelters were built at the time of the Blitz. 1952 Oxf. Junior Encycl. X. 89/1 Morrison shelters, also made of steel and shaped like a rectangular dinner-table, could be set up inside a house to give protection if the house collapsed. 1984 S. Terkel Good War (1985) ii. iii. 221 A Morrison shelter..was built..with beams and struts in the middle of the living room. 1995 K. Atkinson Behind Scenes at Museum (1996) iii. 101 They were in the Morrison shelter in the living-room within a minute, Ted carrying their gingercat Totty. 2. Morrison hour n. colloquial an extra hour added to the end of a prison officer's working day (see quot. 19632). ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > work > times or periods of work > [noun] > work beyond regular hours over-hours1762 overtime1791 Morrison hour1949 1949 Hansard Commons 20 Oct. 791 Staffs in Scotland and in England are working what is called the ‘Morrison hour’. During the war they voluntarily offered..to work an extra hour a day in order to enable the existing inadequate staff to be spread, as it were, a little wider. They are still working that ‘Morrison hour’ today. 1963 T. Morris & P. Morris Pentonville iv. 84 Some men complain that though at the time of joining they are told of the so-called ‘Morrison Hour’ they are not told about compulsory overtime. 1963 T. Morris & P. Morris Pentonville iv. 84 The ‘Morrison Hour’ is one extra hour worked at the end of the day from Monday to Friday and is compulsory. It dates from 1943... Herbert Morrison was Home Secretary at the time. 1987 V. Stern Bricks of Shame (1989) ix. 151 [Prison officers] work regularly an extra hour per day, known as the ‘Morrison Hour’. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1941 |
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