单词 | nestle-tripe |
释义 | nestle-tripen. English regional in later use. = nestling n.2 2. Also: the last-born animal of a litter, brood, etc. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinsman or relation > child > [noun] > youngest child nestling1572 reckling1611 swill-pough1611 nestle-tripe1616 nest-cock1674 pin basket1706 poke-shakings1808 mother's pet1819 afterthought1891 1616 J. Lane Contin. Squire's Tale v. 76 I, that am his eldest and first borne, shall have the nesteltrett sett mee beforne. 1616 J. Lane Contin. Squire's Tale v. 139 Shees but the nesteltrett. 1789 J. Woodforde Diary 9 Oct. (1927) III. 146 Sold Nancy the little Nestle tripe Pigg for 0.0.6. 1823 New Monthly Mag. 8 497 The nestletripe of the sons. 1888 F. T. Elworthy W. Somerset Word-bk. (at cited word) In dealing for a ‘varth’ of pigs, it is very common for the buyer to say, ‘Well then I 'ont gie the same for the nestle-tripe’, or ‘you shall drow out the nestle-tripe’. a1903 F. W. Chamberlain in Eng. Dial. Dict. (1903) IV. 253/2 [S. Devon] Nestle-ripe, -trip(e [a weakling, the smallest and weakest of a brood or litter, the youngest child of a family, a weak, puny child.]. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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