parsley-bedn.

Brit.

/ˈpɑːslɪˌbɛd/, U.S.

/ˈpɑrsliˌbɛd/

Forms: see parsley n. and bed n.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: parsley n., bed n.

Etymology: < parsley n. + bed n.With sense 2 compare Byzantine Greek σέλινον female genitals, extended use of ancient Greek σέλινον celery (see celery n.).

1. A bed or plot of parsley.In quot. 1755 used humorously to refer to a garden.

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the world > food and drink > farming > gardening > garden > division or part of garden > [noun] > bed or plot > bed in herb-garden > of specific plants

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c1450 Alphabet of Tales (1904) I. 18 Þer come so swete a savur oute of his parcell bed & his erbis.

1578 in W. Mackay & H. C. Boyd Rec. Inverness (1911) I. 261 Ane persell bed sindre herbis sic as [etc.].

a1592 R. Greene Sc. Hist. Iames IV (1598) iv. sig. G4 She is like a frog in a parcely bed, as scittish as an ele.

1636 W. Sampson Vow Breaker iv. i When peipes the Onion out o'th parsley-bed.

1731 P. Miller Gardeners Dict. I. at Apium Every old Woman in the Country, that hath a Garden, knows how to cultivate a Parsly-bed.

1755 H. Walpole Let. 8 Nov. (1903) III. 363 Out of this little parsley-bed of mine, I can tfurnish [sic] you with a few plants, particularly three Chinese arbor vitæs.

1802 Port Folio 27 Feb. 6/2 We shall gather fipenny-bits from every parsley bed.

1897 T. Hardy Well-beloved iii. iii. 255 I think she was hiding herself in the parsley-bed.

1939 Times 23 Oct. 2/5 It is customary to cover a portion of the parsley bed with some old frame lights.

1987 Christian Sci. Monitor (Nexis) 29 Apr. 27 The overflow from a clogged roof drain..had set the parsley bed awash.

2. figurative. In English nursery tradition: a parsley-bed as the pretended place where (esp. girl) babies come from. Hence in extended use: the uterus; the female genitals. Cf. gooseberry bush n. at gooseberry n. 6b. Now rare.In quot. 1937 in to take a turn in the parsley-bed: to have sexual intercourse with a woman.

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the world > life > source or principle of life > birth > confinement > [noun] > childbirth or delivery > supposed origin of babies

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gooseberry bush1944

1622 J. Mabbe in tr. M. Alemán Rogue i. 25 (margin) That phrase which we vse to little children, when we tell them they were borne in their mothers Parsly-bed.

1687 E. Settle Refl. Dryden's Plays 51 Little less Poetical, then Parsly-beds for the conception of Children.

1690 J. Locke Ess. Humane Understanding ii. xxvii. 162 If I believed, that Sempronia digged Titus out of the Parsley-Bed, (as they use to tell Children,) and thereby became his Mother.

1722 Whipping-Tom (ed. 3) ii. iv. 34 It [sc. the wearing of hoop-petticoats] must certainly put an illiterate Beau to a Ne plus ultra, to find out what little Children call the Parsley-Bed.

1796 S. Pegge Anonymiana (1809) i. §91 52 The child, when new-born, comes out of the persley bed, they will say in the North.

1851 Notes & Queries 6 517 I was told that little girls came out of a parsley-bed, and little boys from under a gooseberry bush.

1896 G. F. Northall Warwickshire Word-bk. 167 Baby-land; the place where children are created. A euphemism for the uterus. ‘Where do babies come from mamma?’ ‘Out of the parsley-bed, my dear.’

1901 Jrnl. Philol. 22 471 The ‘parsley-bed’..is the English rival of the German stork.

1937 E. Partridge Dict. Slang 607/1 Take a turn in the parsley-bed, to coït with a woman.

1980 Maledicta 4 193 Traditionally little girls are found in the parsley bed (= female escutcheon), whereas little boys come from under the gooseberry bush.

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

单词	parsley-bed
释义	parsley-bedn. Brit. /ˈpɑːslɪˌbɛd/, U.S. /ˈpɑrsliˌbɛd/ Forms: see parsley n. and bed n. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: parsley n., bed n. Etymology: < parsley n. + bed n.With sense 2 compare Byzantine Greek σέλινον female genitals, extended use of ancient Greek σέλινον celery (see celery n.). 1. A bed or plot of parsley.In quot. 1755 used humorously to refer to a garden. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > gardening > garden > division or part of garden > [noun] > bed or plot > bed in herb-garden > of specific plants sawger14.. parsley-bedc1450 c1450 Alphabet of Tales (1904) I. 18 Þer come so swete a savur oute of his parcell bed & his erbis. 1578 in W. Mackay & H. C. Boyd Rec. Inverness (1911) I. 261 Ane persell bed sindre herbis sic as [etc.]. a1592 R. Greene Sc. Hist. Iames IV (1598) iv. sig. G4 She is like a frog in a parcely bed, as scittish as an ele. 1636 W. Sampson Vow Breaker iv. i When peipes the Onion out o'th parsley-bed. 1731 P. Miller Gardeners Dict. I. at Apium Every old Woman in the Country, that hath a Garden, knows how to cultivate a Parsly-bed. 1755 H. Walpole Let. 8 Nov. (1903) III. 363 Out of this little parsley-bed of mine, I can tfurnish [sic] you with a few plants, particularly three Chinese arbor vitæs. 1802 Port Folio 27 Feb. 6/2 We shall gather fipenny-bits from every parsley bed. 1897 T. Hardy Well-beloved iii. iii. 255 I think she was hiding herself in the parsley-bed. 1939 Times 23 Oct. 2/5 It is customary to cover a portion of the parsley bed with some old frame lights. 1987 Christian Sci. Monitor (Nexis) 29 Apr. 27 The overflow from a clogged roof drain..had set the parsley bed awash. 2. figurative. In English nursery tradition: a parsley-bed as the pretended place where (esp. girl) babies come from. Hence in extended use: the uterus; the female genitals. Cf. gooseberry bush n. at gooseberry n. 6b. Now rare.In quot. 1937 in to take a turn in the parsley-bed: to have sexual intercourse with a woman. ΘΚΠ the world > life > source or principle of life > birth > confinement > [noun] > childbirth or delivery > supposed origin of babies parsley-bed1622 gooseberry bush1944 1622 J. Mabbe in tr. M. Alemán Rogue i. 25 (margin) That phrase which we vse to little children, when we tell them they were borne in their mothers Parsly-bed. 1687 E. Settle Refl. Dryden's Plays 51 Little less Poetical, then Parsly-beds for the conception of Children. 1690 J. Locke Ess. Humane Understanding ii. xxvii. 162 If I believed, that Sempronia digged Titus out of the Parsley-Bed, (as they use to tell Children,) and thereby became his Mother. 1722 Whipping-Tom (ed. 3) ii. iv. 34 It [sc. the wearing of hoop-petticoats] must certainly put an illiterate Beau to a Ne plus ultra, to find out what little Children call the Parsley-Bed. 1796 S. Pegge Anonymiana (1809) i. §91 52 The child, when new-born, comes out of the persley bed, they will say in the North. 1851 Notes & Queries 6 517 I was told that little girls came out of a parsley-bed, and little boys from under a gooseberry bush. 1896 G. F. Northall Warwickshire Word-bk. 167 Baby-land; the place where children are created. A euphemism for the uterus. ‘Where do babies come from mamma?’ ‘Out of the parsley-bed, my dear.’ 1901 Jrnl. Philol. 22 471 The ‘parsley-bed’..is the English rival of the German stork. 1937 E. Partridge Dict. Slang 607/1 Take a turn in the parsley-bed, to coït with a woman. 1980 Maledicta 4 193 Traditionally little girls are found in the parsley bed (= female escutcheon), whereas little boys come from under the gooseberry bush. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.c1450
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