Pamn.

Brit.

/pam/, U.S.

/pæm/

Forms: 1600s– Pam, 1700s Pamm, 1800s Palm, 1900s– Paam (Scottish).

Origin: Of uncertain origin. Perhaps a borrowing from French. Etymon: French pamphile.

Etymology: Origin uncertain; probably shortened < French pamphile name of a card game, and of the jack of clubs in the game (although this is apparently first attested later: 1777), earlier in sense ‘servile person’ < Pamphile , used as a proper name by La Bruyère (second half of the 17th cent.) < ancient Greek πάμϕιλος beloved of all (see pamphlet n.). Compare Danish †pamfilius jack of clubs (a1719 or earlier), and also:1824 J. Mactaggart Sc. Gallovidian Encycl. 376 Pawmie, a name for the Knave at Cards.1825 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Suppl. Pamphie, a vulgar name given at cards to the knave of clubs, Aberd[een]; elsewhere Pawmie, S[outh].

Cards. Now historical and rare.

a. The jack of clubs, esp. in certain versions of five-card loo in which this card is always the highest trump. Hence in extended use: an all-powerful or desirable person or thing.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > card game > card or cards > [noun] > card of specific number and suit > jack of clubs

Pam1685

1685 J. Crowne Sir Courtly Nice iii. 22 Thou art the only Court Card Women love to play with; the very Pam at Lantereloo, the Knave that picks up all.

1706 R. Estcourt Fair Example i. i Let me tell ye, Madam, Scandal is the very Pam in Conversation.

1707 J. Stevens tr. F. de Quevedo Comical Wks. (1709) 338 The Apothecary is like Pam at Loo, he is everything that is wanting.

1714 A. Pope Rape of Lock (new ed.) iii. 22 Ev'n mighty Pam that Kings and Queens o'erthrew, And mow'd down Armies in the Fights of Lu.

c1773 O. Goldsmith Let. Dec. (1928) 132 Round and round go the cards while I inwardly damn At never once finding a visit from Pam.

1819 J. Keats Let. 1 July (1947) 353 I will never return to London if my Fate does not turn up Pam or at least a Court-card.

1830 T. Hood in Comic Ann. 66 A living Pam, omnipotent at loo!

1876 H. Melville Clarel I. ii. xxxiii. 282 Moses' God is no mere Pam With painted clubs.

1944 Rev. Eng. Stud. 20 243 The editors do not appear to know that Pam was the knave of clubs in loo.

1990 D. Parlett Oxf. Guide Card Games 186 It became customary for the holder of Pam to withhold it from the trick, being allowed to renege if necessary, if the Ace of trumps was led and its player remembered to say ‘Pam, be civil!’

b. Scottish. A jack of any suit.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > card game > card or cards > [noun] > picture-card > jack

knave1568

varlet1568

knight1585

noddy1611

Jack1674

Pam1898

1898 Shetland News 19 Mar. 7/2 Clappin' doon da palm o' diaminds.

1955 W. P. Milne Eppie Elrick xxi. 201 A..laid ma Paam, howpin for 'e best.

†2. A version of five-card loo in which the jack of clubs is always the highest trump. Cf. lanterloo n. 1. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > card game > other card games > [noun] > nap, etc.

Pam1691

Napoleon1876

nap1879

1691 Weesils ii. 11 She wanted Counters too to play at Pam.

1713 J. Addison in Guardian 29 July 2/1 She..grows more fond of Pamm than of her Husband.

1761 A. Murphy Way to keep Him (ed. 4) ii. 29 If that woman now was as much in love with me, as she is with Pam, what an excellent wife would she make.

1792 S. Whyte Theatre in Coll. of Poems 13 Yet night succeeding night, in spite of sense, What shoals devote to pam their time and pence!

a1832 G. Crabbe Poet. Wks. (1834) III. 163 Her have I seen..With crowded parties at the midnight play; Faint in the morn, no powers could she exert; At night with Pam delighted and alert.

1898 Longman's Mag. Nov. 58 A sumptuous ball at the Pantheon, silver loo with a princess, ‘Pam’ with a duchess.

Compounds

† pam-child n. Obsolete a male child.Apparently an isolated use.

ΘΚΠ

the world > people > person > child > boy > [noun]

knightc893

knapec1000

knaveOE

knape childc1175

knave-childa1225

groom?c1225

knight-bairnc1275

pagec1300

mana1382

swainc1386

knave-bairna1400

little mana1425

man-childa1438

boy1440

little boya1475

lad1535

boykin1540

tomboya1556

urchin1556

loonc1560

kinchin-co(ve)1567

big boy1572

dandiprat1582

pricket1582

boy child1584

callant1597

suck-egg1609

nacketc1618

custrel1668

hospital-boy1677

whelp1710

laddie1721

charity-boy1723

pam-child1760

chappie1822

bo1825

boyo1835

wagling1837

shirttail boy1840

boysie1846

umfaan1852

nipper1859

yob1859

fellow-my-lad?1860

laddo1870

chokra1875

shegetz1885

spalpeen1891

spadger1899

bug1900

boychick1921

sonny boy1928

sonny1939

okie1943

lightie1946

outjie1961

oke1970

1760 H. Walpole Let. 14 Jan. in Corr. (1941) IX. 269 I have sat up twice this week..with the Duchess of Grafton at loo, who..has got a Pam-child this morning.

† pam-flush n. Obsolete a flush headed by the jack of clubs.

ΚΠ

1780 E. Griffith Times v. ii. 69 2d Whist. A bet, my lord. 1st Loo. A pam-flush!

1833 J. R. Planché High, Low, Jack, & Game v. 14 Must I make a general to-do, And with a conquering Pam-flush sweep the board?

1842 Chambers's Information for People (new ed.) II. 671/1 This sweeps the pool, if theret be not a pam flush.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	pam
释义	Pamn. Brit. /pam/, U.S. /pæm/ Forms: 1600s– Pam, 1700s Pamm, 1800s Palm, 1900s– Paam (Scottish). Origin: Of uncertain origin. Perhaps a borrowing from French. Etymon: French pamphile. Etymology: Origin uncertain; probably shortened < French pamphile name of a card game, and of the jack of clubs in the game (although this is apparently first attested later: 1777), earlier in sense ‘servile person’ < Pamphile , used as a proper name by La Bruyère (second half of the 17th cent.) < ancient Greek πάμϕιλος beloved of all (see pamphlet n.). Compare Danish †pamfilius jack of clubs (a1719 or earlier), and also:1824 J. Mactaggart Sc. Gallovidian Encycl. 376 Pawmie, a name for the Knave at Cards.1825 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Suppl. Pamphie, a vulgar name given at cards to the knave of clubs, Aberd[een]; elsewhere Pawmie, S[outh]. Cards. Now historical and rare. 1. a. The jack of clubs, esp. in certain versions of five-card loo in which this card is always the highest trump. Hence in extended use: an all-powerful or desirable person or thing. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > card game > card or cards > [noun] > card of specific number and suit > jack of clubs Pam1685 1685 J. Crowne Sir Courtly Nice iii. 22 Thou art the only Court Card Women love to play with; the very Pam at Lantereloo, the Knave that picks up all. 1706 R. Estcourt Fair Example i. i Let me tell ye, Madam, Scandal is the very Pam in Conversation. 1707 J. Stevens tr. F. de Quevedo Comical Wks. (1709) 338 The Apothecary is like Pam at Loo, he is everything that is wanting. 1714 A. Pope Rape of Lock (new ed.) iii. 22 Ev'n mighty Pam that Kings and Queens o'erthrew, And mow'd down Armies in the Fights of Lu. c1773 O. Goldsmith Let. Dec. (1928) 132 Round and round go the cards while I inwardly damn At never once finding a visit from Pam. 1819 J. Keats Let. 1 July (1947) 353 I will never return to London if my Fate does not turn up Pam or at least a Court-card. 1830 T. Hood in Comic Ann. 66 A living Pam, omnipotent at loo! 1876 H. Melville Clarel I. ii. xxxiii. 282 Moses' God is no mere Pam With painted clubs. 1944 Rev. Eng. Stud. 20 243 The editors do not appear to know that Pam was the knave of clubs in loo. 1990 D. Parlett Oxf. Guide Card Games 186 It became customary for the holder of Pam to withhold it from the trick, being allowed to renege if necessary, if the Ace of trumps was led and its player remembered to say ‘Pam, be civil!’ b. Scottish. A jack of any suit. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > card game > card or cards > [noun] > picture-card > jack knave1568 varlet1568 knight1585 noddy1611 Jack1674 Pam1898 1898 Shetland News 19 Mar. 7/2 Clappin' doon da palm o' diaminds. 1955 W. P. Milne Eppie Elrick xxi. 201 A..laid ma Paam, howpin for 'e best. †2. A version of five-card loo in which the jack of clubs is always the highest trump. Cf. lanterloo n. 1. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > card game > other card games > [noun] > nap, etc. Pam1691 Napoleon1876 nap1879 1691 Weesils ii. 11 She wanted Counters too to play at Pam. 1713 J. Addison in Guardian 29 July 2/1 She..grows more fond of Pamm than of her Husband. 1761 A. Murphy Way to keep Him (ed. 4) ii. 29 If that woman now was as much in love with me, as she is with Pam, what an excellent wife would she make. 1792 S. Whyte Theatre in Coll. of Poems 13 Yet night succeeding night, in spite of sense, What shoals devote to pam their time and pence! a1832 G. Crabbe Poet. Wks. (1834) III. 163 Her have I seen..With crowded parties at the midnight play; Faint in the morn, no powers could she exert; At night with Pam delighted and alert. 1898 Longman's Mag. Nov. 58 A sumptuous ball at the Pantheon, silver loo with a princess, ‘Pam’ with a duchess. Compounds † pam-child n. Obsolete a male child.Apparently an isolated use. ΘΚΠ the world > people > person > child > boy > [noun] knightc893 knapec1000 knaveOE knape childc1175 knave-childa1225 groom?c1225 knight-bairnc1275 pagec1300 mana1382 swainc1386 knave-bairna1400 little mana1425 man-childa1438 boy1440 little boya1475 lad1535 boykin1540 tomboya1556 urchin1556 loonc1560 kinchin-co(ve)1567 big boy1572 dandiprat1582 pricket1582 boy child1584 callant1597 suck-egg1609 nacketc1618 custrel1668 hospital-boy1677 whelp1710 laddie1721 charity-boy1723 pam-child1760 chappie1822 bo1825 boyo1835 wagling1837 shirttail boy1840 boysie1846 umfaan1852 nipper1859 yob1859 fellow-my-lad?1860 laddo1870 chokra1875 shegetz1885 spalpeen1891 spadger1899 bug1900 boychick1921 sonny boy1928 sonny1939 okie1943 lightie1946 outjie1961 oke1970 1760 H. Walpole Let. 14 Jan. in Corr. (1941) IX. 269 I have sat up twice this week..with the Duchess of Grafton at loo, who..has got a Pam-child this morning. † pam-flush n. Obsolete a flush headed by the jack of clubs. ΚΠ 1780 E. Griffith Times v. ii. 69 2d Whist. A bet, my lord. 1st Loo. A pam-flush! 1833 J. R. Planché High, Low, Jack, & Game v. 14 Must I make a general to-do, And with a conquering Pam-flush sweep the board? 1842 Chambers's Information for People (new ed.) II. 671/1 This sweeps the pool, if theret be not a pam flush. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1685
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