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单词 papasan
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papasann.

Brit. /ˈpɑːpəˌsɑːn/, /ˈpapəˌsan/, U.S. /ˈpɑpəˌsɑn/
Forms: 1900s– papa-san, 1900s– poppa-san.
Origin: A borrowing from Japanese. Etymon: Japanese papa-san.
Etymology: < Japanese papa-san < papa father (early 20th cent.) ( < English papa : see papa n.2) + -san san n.3 Compare mama-san n.
1.
a. An adult male native or inhabitant of East Asia, originally and chiefly in Japan; spec. a father or other man in a position of authority (sometimes as a form of respectful address). Also in extended use: any East Asian old man, esp. in Korea or Vietnam (originally U.S. Military slang).
ΘΚΠ
society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinsman or relation > parent > father > [noun]
fatherOE
sirec1250
authora1398
flesh-fathera1400
genitor1447
daddy1523
dad1533
bab1598
patera1600
dada1672
relieving officer1677
papa1681
pappy1722
baba1771
pa1773
governor1783
paw1826
fatherkin1839
pop1840
bap1842
pap1844
da1851
baba1862
puppa1885
pops1893
poppa1897
pot and pan1900
papasana1904
daddy-o1913
bapu1930
baby-father1932
abba1955
birth father1977
a1904 L. Hearn in E. Bisland Life & Lett. Lafcadio Hearn (1906) I. iv. 146 I then go to him and say: ‘Papa San! the children are waiting for you. Please come soon, or the dishes will lose their good flavour.’
1935 Econ. Geogr. 11 403/1 She answers—with a conscious attempt to speak English correctly—as to his whereabouts. If she does not know exactly, she turns to papa-san and mama-san and asks in Japanese.
1947 N.Y. Times 8 Apr. c26/3 There is at least one clear deduction to be drawn from the local elections in Japan... That Papa-san and Mamma-san see more hope in the established order.
1951 W. Sheldon Troubling Star (1954) 97 This is papa-san... He owns the joint.
1967 Times 6 Apr. 6/7 It is a toss-up what you do when confronted by a venerable ‘Papa-san’, toothless and apparently deaf, without an identity card.
1973 Amer. Speech 48 291 The indiscriminate transfer of a linguistic trait from one area to an entirely different area has been most recently observable in Vietnam. Some of the GIs had had previous service in Japan and Korea. Consequently, they carried such terms as mama-san and papa-san to Vietnam.
1988 Los Angeles Times (Electronic ed.) 14 Oct. 3 That's just fine with 58-year-old Ky, who describes himself as an ‘old papasan’ (he now has eight grandchildren).
1990 Quarterly (U.S.) Spring 5 We enlisted an old poppa-san to guide us through the mine fields out on the Batangan Peninsula.
b. spec. A pimp; the male counterpart or companion of a mama-san.
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society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > prostitution > [noun] > pimping or procuring > procurer of either sex > pimp
putourc1390
panderc1450
mitchera1500
apple-squire?1536
squire of dames or ladies1590
apron-squire1593
bed-broker1594
pimp1600
pippin squire1600
petticoat-monger1605
smockster1608
underputter1608
broker-between1609
squire of the placket1611
squire1612
fleshmongera1616
cock bawd1632
whiskin1632
pimp-whiskin1638
bully1675
foot pimp1690
mutton-broker1694
pimp whisk1707
flash-man1789
panderer1826
bludger1856
whoremaster1864
mack1894
lover1904
jelly bean1905
procureur1910
P.I.1928
sweetback1929
sweet man1942
nookie-bookie1943
papasan1970
1970 G. Mikes Land of Rising Yen (1973) 166 Her enemies maintain that her business is controlled by her pimp whom she calls Papasan.
2001 S. Bird Yokota Officers Club 26 The whore and her papa-san, a tough pimp in rubber zoris and a T-shirt.
2. In full papasan chair. A rattan chair consisting of a cushion in a large, bowl-shaped basket set on a cylindrical base.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > seat > chair > [noun] > other chairs
farthingale chair1552
side chair1582
high chair1609
scroll chair1614
Turkey chair1683
curule chair1695
reading chair1745
rush-bottom1754
conversation-chair1793
Windsor tub1800
Trafalgar chair1808
beehive-chair1816
nursing chair1826
Hitchcockc1828
toilet seat1829
kangaroo1834
prie-dieu1838
tub-chair1839
barrel-chair1850
Cromwell chair1868
office chair1874
swivel-chair1885
steamer-chair1886
suggan chair1888
lawn chair1895
saddle seat1895
Bombay chair1896
veranda-chair1902
X chair1904
Yorkshire chair1906
three legs and a swinger1916
saddlebag1919
riempie stool1933
gaspipe chair1934
slipper chair1938
Eames chair1946
contour chair1948
sling-back1948
sling chair1957
booster chair1960
booster seat1967
beanbag1969
sack chair1970
papasan1980
Muskoka chair1987
1980 Times 1 Mar. 27/2 (advt.) Every conceivable kind of chair from a baby rocker to 4-seater sofas and a huge, very comfortable circular chair (The Papasan) with foot stool.
1994 Los Angeles Times (Electronic ed.) 26 July 3 On warm, sunny afternoons when the sun isn't that hot, I like to drag my huge papasan chair out in my backyard and read the paper.
2001 N. Tarpley All of Me in C. Taylor Brown Sugar 48 She dumped her stuff on the black papasan chair curved like an empty bowl.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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