| 单词 | old poker |
| 释义 | > as lemmasOld Poker A hobgoblin, a mischievous sprite; a demon, a devil. Now chiefly in Old Poker: the Devil, Satan. Cf. Tom Poker n. at Tom n.1 Compounds 1b(b). ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > supernatural being > fairy or elf > [noun] > imp, goblin, or hobgoblin thursec725 puckOE puckleOE goblina1350 hurlewaynes kin1399 Hoba1500 bogle?1507 chimera?1521 hobgoblin1530 chyppynutie?1553 bearbug1560 boggard1570 bugbear?c1570 empusa1572 puckerelc1580 puck bug1582 imp1584 urchin1584 fear-babea1586 hob-thrush1590 hodge-poker1598 lar1598 poker1598 bogle-bo1603 mormo1605 foliot1621 mormolukee1624 buggle-boo1625 pug1631 black man1656 feind1659 Tom Poker1673 duende1691 boodie?a1700 worricow1711 bolly1724 Tom Po1744 fleying1811 pooka1824 booger1827 alp1828 boll1847 bogy1857 beastie1867 boogie1880 shag boy1882 the mind > emotion > fear > quality of inspiring fear > quality of terribleness > [noun] > one who or that which terrifies > object of terror (usually imaginary) buga1425 buggart1440 gay horse1483 bogle?1507 chimera?1521 bog1527 terriculament1548 bugbear1552 bull-bear1561 hag1563 boggard1574 scare-bug1583 bull-beggar1584 kill-cow fray1589 poker1598 bug-boy1601 bogle-bo1603 mormo1605 mock-beggar1611 mormolukee1624 Tom Poker1673 raw-head1678 hobgoblin1709 bugaboo1733 Tom Po1744 spectre1774 bogy-man1862 bogy1865 the world > the supernatural > deity > a devil > the Devil or Satan > [noun] devileOE Beelzebubc950 the foul ghosteOE SatanOE warlockOE SatanasOE worsea1200 unwinea1225 wondc1250 quedea1275 pucka1300 serpenta1300 dragon1340 shrew1362 Apollyon1382 the god of this worldc1384 Mahoundc1400 leviathan1412 worsta1425 old enemyc1449 Ruffin1567 dismal1570 Plotcocka1578 the Wicked One1582 goodman1603 Mahu1603 foul thief1609 somebody1609 legiona1616 Lord of Flies1622 walliman1629 shaitan1638 Old Nicka1643 Nick1647 unsel?1675 old gentleman1681 old boy1692 the gentleman in black1693 deuce1694 Black Spy1699 the vicious one1713 worricow1719 Old Roger1725 Lord of the Flies1727 Simmie1728 Old Scratch1734 Old Harry1777 Old Poker1784 Auld Hornie1786 old (auld), ill thief1789 old one1790 little-good1821 Tom Walker1833 bogy1840 diabolarch1845 Old Ned1859 iniquity1899 1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes Folletto,..a hobgoblin, a robin-goodfellowe, a hodgepoker, an elfe. 1601 A. Dent Plaine Mans Path-way to Heauen 109 Euen as a mother, when her childe is wayward,..scareth it with some pocar, or bull-begger, to make it cling more vnto her and be quiet. 1653 W. Denny Pelecanicidium iii. ix. 208 Children being grown towards Man will not be scar'd with Bugbears. Poaker then appears to be no more then a Begger. 1784 H. Walpole Let. to H. S. Conway 5 May The very leaves on the horse-chesnuts..cling to the bough as if old poker was coming to take them away. 1828 N. Webster Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. Poker, any frightful object, especially in the dark; a bugbear; a word in common popular use in America. 1895 Trans. Amer. Philol. Assoc. 26 118 Mum Poker is a nursery goblin, brother..of Hodge Poker, and Tom Poker. 1989 Advertiser (Adelaide) (Nexis) 6 Oct. Euphemisms for the devil include Old Bendy, Old Roger, Old Poker, Old Nick, Old Billy, Old Bogey and Old Harry. < as lemmas |
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