Pat Malonen.adj.
/ˌpat məlˈəʊn/, U.S. /ˌpæt məˈloʊn/, Australian English /ˌpæt məˈloʊn/ slang (chiefly Australian).
A. n.
on one's Pat Malone: on one's own. Cf. pat n.4
ΘΚΠ
the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > one > condition of being alone > [adverb] > by oneself
by oneself (himself, themselves, etc.)eOE
myself one (also alone)a1300
of oneselfc1450
sole1450
post alone1478
solely1495
high-lone1533
myselfc1540
lone1613
solus cum solo1742
on one's ownio1908
on one's Pat Malone1908
on one's lonely(-o)1919
on one's ownsome1921
on one's jack1931
on one's tod1934
1908 J. Gunn We of Never-never xii. 146 He travels day after day and month after month, practically alone—‘on me Pat Malone,’ he calls it.
1952 J. Cleary Sundowners 276 First the missus died, then a coupla months later he went, and I was left on me pat malone.
1991 B. Anderson Girls High (1992) iii. 26 Every man woman and dog is an island. Seventeen children, three husbands. So what. We are all on our Pat Malone.
2002 Courier Mail (Queensland, Austral.) (Nexis) 7 Dec. (Life section) 2 Which senior partner of a major law firm is now on his ‘Pat Malone’ after his wife ran off with his secretary?
B. adj.
Alone.
ΘΚΠ
the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > one > condition of being alone > [adjective]
oneeOE
onlepyOE
onlyOE
alonec1175
single1340
soleinc1381
solitaire1382
singularc1384
solec1400
oddc1480
alonelya1513
uncompanieda1547
a-high-lone1565
bird-alone1572
self-one1602
insociate1606
unmated1615
lonesome1647
solo1727
uncompanioned1809
unfellowed1887
Pat Malone1937
1937 E. Partridge Dict. Slang 609 Pat Malone, alone.
1971 Private Eye 2 July 16 Pat malone again! Cripes I am cheesed.
2001 Age (Melbourne) (Nexis) 26 June (Business section) 2 The group's big US currency debt position in which, as a relatively recent growth company, it is not Pat Malone.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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n.adj.1908