单词 | papasan |
释义 | papasann. 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. ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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). < n.a1904 |
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