one-armadj.n.

Brit.

/ˈwʌnɑːm/, U.S.

/ˈwənˈɑrm/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: one adj., arm n.¹

Etymology: < one adj. + arm n.¹ Compare earlier one-armed adj.

A. adj.

Performed with, or using, only one arm. Also: having only one arm.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > the body > external parts of body > limb > arm > [adjective]

armed1500

long-armed1575

brachial1578

finned1785

one-armed1809

one-arm1906

1906 Westm. Gaz. 7 Sept. 3/2 Ordinarily I can do a one-arm press of 90 lb., but I must confess that I was almost beaten in getting hoisted some of these sheaves.

1944 B. Hope I Never left Home v. 63 He flew a plane back from a mission once holding his wounded copilot in his arms. That's one-arm driving that counts.

1968 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 17 Feb. 11/3 Modern lifters do not perform one-arm lifts. Once, two of them were on the Olympic agenda: the one-arm press and the one-arm snatch.

1989 K. Gibbons Virtuous Woman (1990) ix. 79 Kept me busy as a one-arm paper hanger, pruning the hedgebushes, arranging pine straw, cleaning out the chicken house.

2000 N.Y. Times 18 May g5/3 A Web site that will help you plan a workout, with instructions and animated images showing the proper way to do crunches, one-arm dumbbell kickbacks and other muscle-isolating movements.

B. n.

= one-arm joint n. at Compounds. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > eating > eating place > [noun] > eating-house or restaurant > cheap eating-house

hash house1865

hashery1867

beanery1887

quick-and-dirty1892

one-arm lunch room1912

panciteria1912

one-arm joint1915

one-arm lunch1922

greasy spoon1925

one-arm1940

1940 J. O'Hara Pal Joey 57 She went with me to this one-arm where I eat.

Compounds

one-arm bandit n. originally U.S. = one-armed bandit n. at one-armed adj. Compounds.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > games of chance > [noun] > gambling machines

gambling machine?1790

poker machine1899

fruit machine1933

one-armed bandit1936

one-arm bandit1937

pokie1965

1937 N.Y. Times 27 June iv. 6/5 Missouri is infested with ‘one-arm bandits’, and the Attorney General McKittrick has declared open war on them.

1996 M. Syal Anita & Me (1997) vii. 181 I had followed him into penny arcades during shopping trips.., and would watch him feed the one-arm bandits carefully.

one-arm joint n. U.S. a cheap restaurant or cafe where the seats have one arm wide enough to hold a plate of food, etc.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > eating > eating place > [noun] > eating-house or restaurant > cheap eating-house

hash house1865

hashery1867

beanery1887

quick-and-dirty1892

one-arm lunch room1912

panciteria1912

one-arm joint1915

one-arm lunch1922

greasy spoon1925

one-arm1940

1915 N.Y. World Mag. 9 May 14 One arm joint, a chair dairy lunch.

1990 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 1 Sept. i. 25/4 He said he had sampled 1,750 of the 5,595 restaurants listed. ‘I don't monkey with one-arm joints or luncheonettes’, he explained.

one-arm lunch n. U.S. = one-arm joint n.

ΚΠ

1922 N.Y. Times Mag. 24 Dec. 8/1 They blinked their windowed eyes on a passing world that rushed into one-arm lunches and cafeterias.

1988 New Yorker 1 Aug. 40/2 As more self-service restaurants adopted individual sidearm tables..they were nicknamed ‘one-arm lunches’.

one-arm lunch room n. U.S. = one-arm joint n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > eating > eating place > [noun] > eating-house or restaurant > cheap eating-house

hash house1865

hashery1867

beanery1887

quick-and-dirty1892

one-arm lunch room1912

panciteria1912

one-arm joint1915

one-arm lunch1922

greasy spoon1925

one-arm1940

1912 M. Nicholson Hoosier Chron. 297 Everybody's saying ‘Stop, Look, Listen!’..the white aprons in the one-arm lunch rooms say it now when you kick on the size of the buns.

1975 N.Y. Times 14 Apr. 28/5 Its stores are transient, undercapitalized—mom-and-pop groceries, one-arm lunchrooms, three-years-to-pay furniture emporiums, [etc.].

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

单词	one-arm
释义	one-armadj.n. Brit. /ˈwʌnɑːm/, U.S. /ˈwənˈɑrm/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: one adj., arm n.¹ Etymology: < one adj. + arm n.¹ Compare earlier one-armed adj. A. adj. Performed with, or using, only one arm. Also: having only one arm. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > external parts of body > limb > arm > [adjective] armed1500 long-armed1575 brachial1578 finned1785 one-armed1809 one-arm1906 1906 Westm. Gaz. 7 Sept. 3/2 Ordinarily I can do a one-arm press of 90 lb., but I must confess that I was almost beaten in getting hoisted some of these sheaves. 1944 B. Hope I Never left Home v. 63 He flew a plane back from a mission once holding his wounded copilot in his arms. That's one-arm driving that counts. 1968 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 17 Feb. 11/3 Modern lifters do not perform one-arm lifts. Once, two of them were on the Olympic agenda: the one-arm press and the one-arm snatch. 1989 K. Gibbons Virtuous Woman (1990) ix. 79 Kept me busy as a one-arm paper hanger, pruning the hedgebushes, arranging pine straw, cleaning out the chicken house. 2000 N.Y. Times 18 May g5/3 A Web site that will help you plan a workout, with instructions and animated images showing the proper way to do crunches, one-arm dumbbell kickbacks and other muscle-isolating movements. B. n. = one-arm joint n. at Compounds. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > eating > eating place > [noun] > eating-house or restaurant > cheap eating-house hash house1865 hashery1867 beanery1887 quick-and-dirty1892 one-arm lunch room1912 panciteria1912 one-arm joint1915 one-arm lunch1922 greasy spoon1925 one-arm1940 1940 J. O'Hara Pal Joey 57 She went with me to this one-arm where I eat. Compounds one-arm bandit n. originally U.S. = one-armed bandit n. at one-armed adj. Compounds. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > games of chance > [noun] > gambling machines gambling machine?1790 poker machine1899 fruit machine1933 one-armed bandit1936 one-arm bandit1937 pokie1965 1937 N.Y. Times 27 June iv. 6/5 Missouri is infested with ‘one-arm bandits’, and the Attorney General McKittrick has declared open war on them. 1996 M. Syal Anita & Me (1997) vii. 181 I had followed him into penny arcades during shopping trips.., and would watch him feed the one-arm bandits carefully. one-arm joint n. U.S. a cheap restaurant or cafe where the seats have one arm wide enough to hold a plate of food, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > eating > eating place > [noun] > eating-house or restaurant > cheap eating-house hash house1865 hashery1867 beanery1887 quick-and-dirty1892 one-arm lunch room1912 panciteria1912 one-arm joint1915 one-arm lunch1922 greasy spoon1925 one-arm1940 1915 N.Y. World Mag. 9 May 14 One arm joint, a chair dairy lunch. 1990 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 1 Sept. i. 25/4 He said he had sampled 1,750 of the 5,595 restaurants listed. ‘I don't monkey with one-arm joints or luncheonettes’, he explained. one-arm lunch n. U.S. = one-arm joint n. ΚΠ 1922 N.Y. Times Mag. 24 Dec. 8/1 They blinked their windowed eyes on a passing world that rushed into one-arm lunches and cafeterias. 1988 New Yorker 1 Aug. 40/2 As more self-service restaurants adopted individual sidearm tables..they were nicknamed ‘one-arm lunches’. one-arm lunch room n. U.S. = one-arm joint n. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > eating > eating place > [noun] > eating-house or restaurant > cheap eating-house hash house1865 hashery1867 beanery1887 quick-and-dirty1892 one-arm lunch room1912 panciteria1912 one-arm joint1915 one-arm lunch1922 greasy spoon1925 one-arm1940 1912 M. Nicholson Hoosier Chron. 297 Everybody's saying ‘Stop, Look, Listen!’..the white aprons in the one-arm lunch rooms say it now when you kick on the size of the buns. 1975 N.Y. Times 14 Apr. 28/5 Its stores are transient, undercapitalized—mom-and-pop groceries, one-arm lunchrooms, three-years-to-pay furniture emporiums, [etc.]. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.1906
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