mule-killern.

Brit.

/ˈmjuːlˌkɪlə/, U.S.

/ˈmjulˌkɪlər/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: mule n.¹, killer n.

Etymology: < mule n.¹ + killer n.

U.S.

†1. slang. A kind of cart or wagon. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > cart, carriage, or wagon > cart or wagon for conveying goods > [noun] > types of > cart (usually two-wheeled) > drawn by an ass

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1847 Knickerbocker 29 161 One might have seen a small French cart, of the sort very appropriately called a ‘mule-killer’.

1852 J. Evans Let. 30 Apr. in G. N. Jones Florida Plantation Rec. (1927) 67 I would Call the New Waggon a nother Mule killer.

2. Any of several arthropods supposed to kill livestock by stinging them, as a whip scorpion, dragonfly, or praying mantis.

ΚΠ

1887 Ref. Handbk. Med. Sci. V. 748/1 The genus Thelyphonus (Whip-tail, Nigger Killer, Mule Killer..).

1899 Mem. Amer. Folk-lore Soc. 7 63 Mule-killer, devil's war-horse, praying mantis. Kansas.

1905 V. L. Kellogg Amer. Insects 76 Dragon-flies? Folks call 'em..‘snake-feeders’, ‘horse-stingers’, ‘mule-killers’, [etc.].

1935 H. T. Fernald Appl. Entomol. (ed. 3) xvi. 87 They [sc. mantids] are often called rearhorses, devil-horses,..or mule killers.

1994 Timeline 11 42 (heading) Mule-killers and other surprises: the dragonfly.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	mule-killer
释义	mule-killern. Brit. /ˈmjuːlˌkɪlə/, U.S. /ˈmjulˌkɪlər/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: mule n.¹, killer n. Etymology: < mule n.¹ + killer n. U.S. †1. slang. A kind of cart or wagon. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > cart, carriage, or wagon > cart or wagon for conveying goods > [noun] > types of > cart (usually two-wheeled) > drawn by an ass ass-cart1801 mule-killer1847 1847 Knickerbocker 29 161 One might have seen a small French cart, of the sort very appropriately called a ‘mule-killer’. 1852 J. Evans Let. 30 Apr. in G. N. Jones Florida Plantation Rec. (1927) 67 I would Call the New Waggon a nother Mule killer. 2. Any of several arthropods supposed to kill livestock by stinging them, as a whip scorpion, dragonfly, or praying mantis. ΚΠ 1887 Ref. Handbk. Med. Sci. V. 748/1 The genus Thelyphonus (Whip-tail, Nigger Killer, Mule Killer..). 1899 Mem. Amer. Folk-lore Soc. 7 63 Mule-killer, devil's war-horse, praying mantis. Kansas. 1905 V. L. Kellogg Amer. Insects 76 Dragon-flies? Folks call 'em..‘snake-feeders’, ‘horse-stingers’, ‘mule-killers’, [etc.]. 1935 H. T. Fernald Appl. Entomol. (ed. 3) xvi. 87 They [sc. mantids] are often called rearhorses, devil-horses,..or mule killers. 1994 Timeline 11 42 (heading) Mule-killers and other surprises: the dragonfly. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1847
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