单词 | oickman |
释义 | oickmann. School slang (derogatory). A working-class person; a labourer, tradesman, etc. Also gen. as a term of contempt. Cf. oik n.Perhaps restricted to Bootham School in York. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social class > the common people > [noun] > one of the common people Jackc1390 fellowa1400 commonerc1400 populara1525 plebeianc1550 ungentle1562 Tom Tiler1582 roturier1586 vulgarity1646 little man1707 pleb1795 man of the people1799 the man in the street1831 snob1831 man1860 oickman1925 1925 Dict. Bootham Slang Hoick,..spit. Oick,..to spit; abbreviated form of ‘oickman’. Oickman,..labourer, shopkeeper, etc.; also a disparaging term. 1940 M. Marples Public School Slang 31 Bootham also had oickman and the very abusive oikbrat. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1925 |
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