nanny-goatn.

Brit.

/ˈnanɪɡəʊt/, U.S.

/ˈnæniˌɡoʊt/

Forms: see nanny n.¹ and goat n. and adj.; also 1700s nannigoat.

Origin: From a proper name, combined with an English element. Etymons: proper name Nanny , goat n.

Etymology: < Nanny, pet form of the female forenames Anne and Agnes (see nanny n.¹) + goat n. Compare later billy-goat n.In sense 2 rhyming slang for anecdote n. (in later use also for quote n.²); in sense 3 rhyming slang for tote n.¹ 2. For possible evidence of earlier currency see note at nanny n.²

a. A female goat. Also (in extended use): an obstinate or foolish person.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > subfamily Caprinae (goat) > [noun] > female

nanny-goat1703

nanny1846

1703 P. Motteux et al. tr. M. de Cervantes Hist. Don Quixote IV. xli. 403 I..play'd and leap'd about..with the pretty Nanny Goats [Sp. las cabrillas].

1758 A. Murphy Upholsterer ii. 42 She knows her own demerrit better than to be concarned with one who is a nanny-goat against love.

1788 T. Day Hist. Little Jack 25 Telling me that my father was a beggarman and my mother a nanny-goat.

1796 F. Reynolds Fortune's Fool iv. 46 Hush! I'll speak to her.—What a nanny-goat it is!

1857 Ld. Dufferin Lett. from High Latitudes (ed. 3) 250 We have purchased an ancient goat—a nanny-goat—so that we may be able to go a-milking upon occasion.

1888 E. A. Freeman in W. R. W. Stephens Life & Lett. E. A. Freeman (1895) II. 388 A nanny-goat that I had.

a1953 D. Thomas Under Milk Wood (1954) 73 Nearly asleep in the field of nannygoats who hum and gently butt the sun.

1965 D. Ray X-Rays iv. 39 You also laugh My nanny-goat.

1993 Amer. Hist. Rev. 98 394 A nanny goat..was said to have nursed the young Zeus.

b. slang. to get a person's nanny-goat: to annoy or irritate (a person). Cf. to get a person's goat at goat n. and adj. Phrases 4, to get a person's nanny at nanny n.² 2. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > anger > irritation > irritate [verb (transitive)]

gremec893

grillc897

teenOE

mispay?c1225

agrillec1275

oftenec1275

tarya1300

tarc1300

atenec1320

enchafec1374

to-tarc1384

stingc1386

chafe?a1400

pokec1400

irec1420

ertc1440

rehete1447

nettlec1450

bog1546

tickle1548

touch1581

urge1593

aggravate1598

irritate1598

dishumour1600

to wind up1602

to pick at ——1603

outhumour1607

vex1625

bloody1633

efferate1653

rankle1659

spleen1689

splenetize1700

rile1724

roil1742

to put out1796

to touch (also get, catch, etc.) (a person) on the raw1823

roughen1837

acerbate1845

to stroke against the hair, the wrong way (of the hair)1846

nag1849

to rub (a person, etc.) up the wrong way1859

frump1862

rattle1865

to set up any one's bristles1873

urticate1873

needle1874

draw1876

to rough up1877

to stick pins into1879

to get on ——1880

to make (someone) tiredc1883

razoo1890

to get under a person's skin1896

to get a person's goat1905

to be on at1907

to get a person's nanny1909

cag1919

to get a person's nanny-goat1928

cagmag1932

peeve1934

tick-off1934

to get on a person's tits1945

to piss off1946

bug1947

to get up a person's nose1951

tee1955

bum1970

tick1975

1928 E. Wallace Double xi. 122 ‘She was most kind and gracious—recognised me in an instant. Didn't mention you, by the way,’ he dug Dick in the ribs playfully. ‘That's got your nanny-goat!’

2. slang. An anecdote. In recent use also: a quotation.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > literature > prose > narrative or story > anecdote > [noun]

storya1425

anecdote1718

anecdota1721

nanny-goat1764

historiette1839

nancy story1858

lie1934

1764 J. B. Holroyd Let. 12 Apr. in MS Add. 34887 f. 149^v It [sc. a letter] contained a very considerable part of my history at Paris & the environs with several interesting nannigoats.

1784 T. Twining Let. 27 Aug. (1991) I. 259 I thank you for your little history & nanny-goats about Kings & Commissioners.

1843 T. C. Haliburton Attaché II. vii. 114 The old knight's got an anecdote.., and nanny-goats ain't picked up every day in country.

c1895 F. M. Ford Lett. (1965) 8 That is a subject abt. which I have a nanny goat to commence the next chapter with & it is reserved.

1989 Daily Tel. 26 June 19/4 The serious..cricket writers are now far outnumbered by the news–sports reporters there only for the eye-catching confrontation or the ‘nanny’ (trade term: ‘nanny-goat = quote’).

2000 Dayton (Ohio) Daily News (Nexis) 14 June (heading) Notes, quotes & nanny goats.

3. Horse Racing slang. A system of betting based on the use of a totalizator. Also: the operator of this system. Cf. nanny n.² 3.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > betting > [noun] > book-maker's equipment > totalizator

totec1870

totalizator1879

totalizer1887

totalizing machine1888

machine1891

nanny-goat1961

nanny1967

1961 E. Partridge Dict. Slang (ed. 5) II. 1194/2 Nanny-goat, totalisator... Rhyming on tote.

1970 Daily Mail 10 Mar. 8/6 The poor old ailing Tote—the Nanny Goat, as they call it.

2000 Scotl. on Sunday 3 Dec. (Spectrum) T18 Jones looks..less than at ease with..praise for his work for the Tote, the old ‘nanny goat’ that is Britain's sole operator of pool betting on racecourses.

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

单词	nanny-goat
释义	nanny-goatn. Brit. /ˈnanɪɡəʊt/, U.S. /ˈnæniˌɡoʊt/ Forms: see nanny n.¹ and goat n. and adj.; also 1700s nannigoat. Origin: From a proper name, combined with an English element. Etymons: proper name Nanny , goat n. Etymology: < Nanny, pet form of the female forenames Anne and Agnes (see nanny n.¹) + goat n. Compare later billy-goat n.In sense 2 rhyming slang for anecdote n. (in later use also for quote n.²); in sense 3 rhyming slang for tote n.¹ 2. For possible evidence of earlier currency see note at nanny n.² 1. a. A female goat. Also (in extended use): an obstinate or foolish person. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > subfamily Caprinae (goat) > [noun] > female nanny-goat1703 nanny1846 1703 P. Motteux et al. tr. M. de Cervantes Hist. Don Quixote IV. xli. 403 I..play'd and leap'd about..with the pretty Nanny Goats [Sp. las cabrillas]. 1758 A. Murphy Upholsterer ii. 42 She knows her own demerrit better than to be concarned with one who is a nanny-goat against love. 1788 T. Day Hist. Little Jack 25 Telling me that my father was a beggarman and my mother a nanny-goat. 1796 F. Reynolds Fortune's Fool iv. 46 Hush! I'll speak to her.—What a nanny-goat it is! 1857 Ld. Dufferin Lett. from High Latitudes (ed. 3) 250 We have purchased an ancient goat—a nanny-goat—so that we may be able to go a-milking upon occasion. 1888 E. A. Freeman in W. R. W. Stephens Life & Lett. E. A. Freeman (1895) II. 388 A nanny-goat that I had. a1953 D. Thomas Under Milk Wood (1954) 73 Nearly asleep in the field of nannygoats who hum and gently butt the sun. 1965 D. Ray X-Rays iv. 39 You also laugh My nanny-goat. 1993 Amer. Hist. Rev. 98 394 A nanny goat..was said to have nursed the young Zeus. b. slang. to get a person's nanny-goat: to annoy or irritate (a person). Cf. to get a person's goat at goat n. and adj. Phrases 4, to get a person's nanny at nanny n.² 2. rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > anger > irritation > irritate [verb (transitive)] gremec893 grillc897 teenOE mispay?c1225 agrillec1275 oftenec1275 tarya1300 tarc1300 atenec1320 enchafec1374 to-tarc1384 stingc1386 chafe?a1400 pokec1400 irec1420 ertc1440 rehete1447 nettlec1450 bog1546 tickle1548 touch1581 urge1593 aggravate1598 irritate1598 dishumour1600 to wind up1602 to pick at ——1603 outhumour1607 vex1625 bloody1633 efferate1653 rankle1659 spleen1689 splenetize1700 rile1724 roil1742 to put out1796 to touch (also get, catch, etc.) (a person) on the raw1823 roughen1837 acerbate1845 to stroke against the hair, the wrong way (of the hair)1846 nag1849 to rub (a person, etc.) up the wrong way1859 frump1862 rattle1865 to set up any one's bristles1873 urticate1873 needle1874 draw1876 to rough up1877 to stick pins into1879 to get on ——1880 to make (someone) tiredc1883 razoo1890 to get under a person's skin1896 to get a person's goat1905 to be on at1907 to get a person's nanny1909 cag1919 to get a person's nanny-goat1928 cagmag1932 peeve1934 tick-off1934 to get on a person's tits1945 to piss off1946 bug1947 to get up a person's nose1951 tee1955 bum1970 tick1975 1928 E. Wallace Double xi. 122 ‘She was most kind and gracious—recognised me in an instant. Didn't mention you, by the way,’ he dug Dick in the ribs playfully. ‘That's got your nanny-goat!’ 2. slang. An anecdote. In recent use also: a quotation. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > prose > narrative or story > anecdote > [noun] storya1425 anecdote1718 anecdota1721 nanny-goat1764 historiette1839 nancy story1858 lie1934 1764 J. B. Holroyd Let. 12 Apr. in MS Add. 34887 f. 149^v It [sc. a letter] contained a very considerable part of my history at Paris & the environs with several interesting nannigoats. 1784 T. Twining Let. 27 Aug. (1991) I. 259 I thank you for your little history & nanny-goats about Kings & Commissioners. 1843 T. C. Haliburton Attaché II. vii. 114 The old knight's got an anecdote.., and nanny-goats ain't picked up every day in country. c1895 F. M. Ford Lett. (1965) 8 That is a subject abt. which I have a nanny goat to commence the next chapter with & it is reserved. 1989 Daily Tel. 26 June 19/4 The serious..cricket writers are now far outnumbered by the news–sports reporters there only for the eye-catching confrontation or the ‘nanny’ (trade term: ‘nanny-goat = quote’). 2000 Dayton (Ohio) Daily News (Nexis) 14 June (heading) Notes, quotes & nanny goats. 3. Horse Racing slang. A system of betting based on the use of a totalizator. Also: the operator of this system. Cf. nanny n.² 3. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > betting > [noun] > book-maker's equipment > totalizator totec1870 totalizator1879 totalizer1887 totalizing machine1888 machine1891 nanny-goat1961 nanny1967 1961 E. Partridge Dict. Slang (ed. 5) II. 1194/2 Nanny-goat, totalisator... Rhyming on tote. 1970 Daily Mail 10 Mar. 8/6 The poor old ailing Tote—the Nanny Goat, as they call it. 2000 Scotl. on Sunday 3 Dec. (Spectrum) T18 Jones looks..less than at ease with..praise for his work for the Tote, the old ‘nanny goat’ that is Britain's sole operator of pool betting on racecourses. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1703
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