old thingn.

Brit.

/ˌəʊl(d) ˈθɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈoʊl(d) ˈθɪŋ/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: old adj., thing n.¹

Etymology: < old adj. + thing n.¹

1. colloquial. Originally: an old person (cf. thing n.¹ 10); frequently as a term of contempt or reproach. Later: used as a familiar or affectionate form of address and reference to a person of any age (cf. old adj. 16b). Frequently as dear old thing.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > love > terms of endearment > [noun]

darlingc888

belamy?c1225

culver?c1225

dearc1230

sweetheartc1290

heartc1300

sweetc1330

honeya1375

dovec1386

jewelc1400

birdc1405

cinnamonc1405

honeycombc1405

lovec1405

wantonc1450

mulling?a1475

daisyc1485

crowdy-mowdy?a1513

honeysop?a1513

powsowdie?a1513

suckler?a1513

foolc1525

buttinga1529

whitinga1529

beautiful1534

turtle-dove1535

soula1538

heartikin1540

bully?1548

turtle1548

lamba1556

nyletc1557

sweet-lovea1560

coz1563

ding-ding1564

pugs1566

golpol1568

sparling1570

lover1573

pug1580

bulkin1582

mopsy1582

chuck1589

bonny1594

chick1594

sweetikin1596

ladybird1597

angel1598

muss1598

pinkany1599

sweetkin1599

duck1600

joy1600

sparrowc1600

sucket1605

nutting1606

chuckaby1607

tickling1607

bagpudding1608

heartling1608

chucking1609

dainty1611

flittermouse1612

honeysuckle1613

fubs1614

bawcocka1616

pretty1616

old thinga1625

bun1627

duckling1630

bulchin1633

bulch?c1640

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chucky1683

lovey1684

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nykin1693

pinkaninny1696

nug1699

hinny1724

puss1753

pet1767

dovey1769

sweetie1778

lovey-dovey1781

lovely1791

ducky1819

toy1822

acushla1825

alanna1825

treat1825

amigo1830

honey child1832

macushla1834

cabbage1840

honey-bunch1874

angel pie1878

m'dear1887

bach1889

honey baby1895

prawn1895

hon1896

so-and-so1897

cariad1899

pumpkin1900

honey-bun1902

pussums1912

snookums1919

treasure1920

wogger1922

amico1929

sugar1930

baby cake1949

angel cake1951

lamb-chop1962

petal1974

bae2006

the mind > emotion > love > terms of endearment > [noun] > of or to an elderly person

dear old thinga1625

a1625 J. Fletcher Monsieur Thomas (1639) i. ii Would'st thou have me lose my Birth-right? For yond old thing will disinherit me If I grow too demure.

1653 J. Shirley Six New Playes i. 8 Pa. The Old thing raves: An. Thing? what thing? thank heaven thou Art a woman; I would beat thee into a Poltise.

1685 A. Behn Love Lett. between Noble-man & Sister: 2nd Pt. 345 There for a quarter of an hour they sate as silent as the Night..; at last the old thing broke silence, who was almost a Sleep while she spoke.

1717 C. Shadwell Hasty Wedding iii. iii Aur. Oh Heavens! my Father. Her. (Aside) deuce take the ugly old Thing, how he has frightned me.

1770 H. Brooke Fool of Quality (Dublin ed.) V. 99 Could you find in your Heart, says he, to love such an ugly old Thing as I am?

1843 C. F. Briggs Bankrupt Stories i. vi. 53 ‘Get out of my sight,’ said Mrs. Bates, ‘you baldheaded old thing.’

1852 Punch 31 July 55/2 Aunt Ratchet and I had quietly sat down, I to read and she to listen to a new novel—the greatest pleasure the dear old thing can experience.

1864 C. M. Yonge Trial II. xiv. 273 I'll do anything for you..you know that, you old thing!

1876 M. M. Grant Sun-maid I. iv. 120 I am a gabbling silly old thing.

1905 R. Kipling Actions & Reactions (1909) 18 No, thanks, old thing! Isn't that quite English?

1917 D. Haig Diary 26 Apr. in War Diaries & Lett. 1914–18 (2005) 287 He is a tall man of eighty years of age. A dear old thing but I should think too old to deal with these tricky French politicians.

1975 J. Drummond Slowly the Poison 13 Don't worry, old thing. It may not be as bad as it sounds.

2006 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 23 July vii. 22 Like her neighbors in the picturesque Canadian village of Three Pines, the dear old thing had hidden depths.

2. Australian slang. A dish of meat and unleavened bread.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > meat dishes > [noun] > other meat dishes

langue de boeuf1381

sawgeatc1390

pome-garneza1450

olive1598

potato pie1600

capilotade1611

carbonade1651

beef à la mode1653

Scots collops1657

Scotch collops1664

galantine1702

grenadine1706

scotched collops1708

à la mode beef1723

miroton1725

German duck1785

cottage pie1791

chartreuse1806

timbale1824

sanders1827

rognon1828

rolliche1830

schalet1846

old thing1848

Brunswick stew1855

scrapple1855

moussaka1862

cannelon1875

crépinette1877

shepherd's pie1877

chop suey1888

estouffade1889

noisette1891

chaudfroid1892

patty1904

boeuf bourguignon1915

sukiyaki1920

bœuf stroganoff1932

bœuf1936

flauta1938

rumaki1941

rendang1948

pastitsio1950

keema1955

bulgogi1958

moo shu1962

Melba1964

shabu-shabu1970

carpaccio1974

al pastor1977

gosht1982

parmo1999

parmesan2003

beef stroganof-

1848 H. W. Haygarth Recoll. Bush Life Austral. i. 6 The Traveller's entertainment is confined to the ‘old thing’, as it is contemptuously called, that is to say, beef and ‘damper’.

1865 G. F. Angas Austral. 279 Eggs and bacon [are]..generally preferred to the ‘old thing’, as salt beef and damper is contemptuously called.

1945 S. J. Baker Austral. Lang. iv. 80 It was what W. W. Dobie called the muttonous diet of the outback that produced the expression the Old Thing for a meal of mutton and damper.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	old thing
释义	old thingn. Brit. /ˌəʊl(d) ˈθɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈoʊl(d) ˈθɪŋ/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: old adj., thing n.¹ Etymology: < old adj. + thing n.¹ 1. colloquial. Originally: an old person (cf. thing n.¹ 10); frequently as a term of contempt or reproach. Later: used as a familiar or affectionate form of address and reference to a person of any age (cf. old adj. 16b). Frequently as dear old thing. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > love > terms of endearment > [noun] darlingc888 belamy?c1225 culver?c1225 dearc1230 sweetheartc1290 heartc1300 sweetc1330 honeya1375 dovec1386 jewelc1400 birdc1405 cinnamonc1405 honeycombc1405 lovec1405 wantonc1450 mulling?a1475 daisyc1485 crowdy-mowdy?a1513 honeysop?a1513 powsowdie?a1513 suckler?a1513 foolc1525 buttinga1529 whitinga1529 beautiful1534 turtle-dove1535 soula1538 heartikin1540 bully?1548 turtle1548 lamba1556 nyletc1557 sweet-lovea1560 coz1563 ding-ding1564 pugs1566 golpol1568 sparling1570 lover1573 pug1580 bulkin1582 mopsy1582 chuck1589 bonny1594 chick1594 sweetikin1596 ladybird1597 angel1598 muss1598 pinkany1599 sweetkin1599 duck1600 joy1600 sparrowc1600 sucket1605 nutting1606 chuckaby1607 tickling1607 bagpudding1608 heartling1608 chucking1609 dainty1611 flittermouse1612 honeysuckle1613 fubs1614 bawcocka1616 pretty1616 old thinga1625 bun1627 duckling1630 bulchin1633 bulch?c1640 sweetling1648 friscoa1652 ding-dongs1662 buntinga1668 cocky1680 dearie1681 chucky1683 lovey1684 machree1689 nykin1693 pinkaninny1696 nug1699 hinny1724 puss1753 pet1767 dovey1769 sweetie1778 lovey-dovey1781 lovely1791 ducky1819 toy1822 acushla1825 alanna1825 treat1825 amigo1830 honey child1832 macushla1834 cabbage1840 honey-bunch1874 angel pie1878 m'dear1887 bach1889 honey baby1895 prawn1895 hon1896 so-and-so1897 cariad1899 pumpkin1900 honey-bun1902 pussums1912 snookums1919 treasure1920 wogger1922 amico1929 sugar1930 baby cake1949 angel cake1951 lamb-chop1962 petal1974 bae2006 the mind > emotion > love > terms of endearment > [noun] > of or to an elderly person dear old thinga1625 a1625 J. Fletcher Monsieur Thomas (1639) i. ii Would'st thou have me lose my Birth-right? For yond old thing will disinherit me If I grow too demure. 1653 J. Shirley Six New Playes i. 8 Pa. The Old thing raves: An. Thing? what thing? thank heaven thou Art a woman; I would beat thee into a Poltise. 1685 A. Behn Love Lett. between Noble-man & Sister: 2nd Pt. 345 There for a quarter of an hour they sate as silent as the Night..; at last the old thing broke silence, who was almost a Sleep while she spoke. 1717 C. Shadwell Hasty Wedding iii. iii Aur. Oh Heavens! my Father. Her. (Aside) deuce take the ugly old Thing, how he has frightned me. 1770 H. Brooke Fool of Quality (Dublin ed.) V. 99 Could you find in your Heart, says he, to love such an ugly old Thing as I am? 1843 C. F. Briggs Bankrupt Stories i. vi. 53 ‘Get out of my sight,’ said Mrs. Bates, ‘you baldheaded old thing.’ 1852 Punch 31 July 55/2 Aunt Ratchet and I had quietly sat down, I to read and she to listen to a new novel—the greatest pleasure the dear old thing can experience. 1864 C. M. Yonge Trial II. xiv. 273 I'll do anything for you..you know that, you old thing! 1876 M. M. Grant Sun-maid I. iv. 120 I am a gabbling silly old thing. 1905 R. Kipling Actions & Reactions (1909) 18 No, thanks, old thing! Isn't that quite English? 1917 D. Haig Diary 26 Apr. in War Diaries & Lett. 1914–18 (2005) 287 He is a tall man of eighty years of age. A dear old thing but I should think too old to deal with these tricky French politicians. 1975 J. Drummond Slowly the Poison 13 Don't worry, old thing. It may not be as bad as it sounds. 2006 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 23 July vii. 22 Like her neighbors in the picturesque Canadian village of Three Pines, the dear old thing had hidden depths. 2. Australian slang. A dish of meat and unleavened bread. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > meat dishes > [noun] > other meat dishes langue de boeuf1381 sawgeatc1390 pome-garneza1450 olive1598 potato pie1600 capilotade1611 carbonade1651 beef à la mode1653 Scots collops1657 Scotch collops1664 galantine1702 grenadine1706 scotched collops1708 à la mode beef1723 miroton1725 German duck1785 cottage pie1791 chartreuse1806 timbale1824 sanders1827 rognon1828 rolliche1830 schalet1846 old thing1848 Brunswick stew1855 scrapple1855 moussaka1862 cannelon1875 crépinette1877 shepherd's pie1877 chop suey1888 estouffade1889 noisette1891 chaudfroid1892 patty1904 boeuf bourguignon1915 sukiyaki1920 bœuf stroganoff1932 bœuf1936 flauta1938 rumaki1941 rendang1948 pastitsio1950 keema1955 bulgogi1958 moo shu1962 Melba1964 shabu-shabu1970 carpaccio1974 al pastor1977 gosht1982 parmo1999 parmesan2003 beef stroganof- 1848 H. W. Haygarth Recoll. Bush Life Austral. i. 6 The Traveller's entertainment is confined to the ‘old thing’, as it is contemptuously called, that is to say, beef and ‘damper’. 1865 G. F. Angas Austral. 279 Eggs and bacon [are]..generally preferred to the ‘old thing’, as salt beef and damper is contemptuously called. 1945 S. J. Baker Austral. Lang. iv. 80 It was what W. W. Dobie called the muttonous diet of the outback that produced the expression the Old Thing for a meal of mutton and damper. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1625
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