单词 | pipe lay |
释义 | pipe layv. U.S. Politics slang. 1. intransitive. Originally: to import voters into an electoral district on a pretext in order to win an election. In later use more generally: to engage in political intrigue or corruption, esp. electoral malpractice. See also to lay pipe at pipe n.1 Phrases 4. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > undertaking > preparation > prepare or get ready [verb (intransitive)] > make preparations or arrangements purveyc1300 providec1425 ordain1487 disponea1500 devisec1500 to take (an) order1545 dress1596 pipe lay1844 to do one's homework1915 legislate1925 1844 Republican Compiler (Gettysburg, Pa.) 17 June 2/2 The way the Telegraph's friends will have to pipelay to make up the 5,000 [votes] will be a ‘caution’. 1884 J. MacCarthy Hist. Four Georges I. 107 Bolingbroke and Oxford..had been ‘pipe-laying’, to use an expressive American word, for the Stuart restoration during all the closing years of Queen Anne's reign. 1888 San Francisco Weekly Examiner 22 Mar. in J. S. Farmer & W. E. Henley Slang (1902) V. 213/1 There are not a few who are pipe-laying and marshalling forces for the fray. 1902 Atlanta Constit. 11 Jan. 7/4 Each president devotes his first term to pipe laying for a second term. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > cheating, fraud > duping, making a fool of > befool, cheat, dupe [verb (transitive)] belirtOE bitruflea1250 begab1297 bobc1320 bedaffc1386 befool1393 mock1440 triflea1450 glaik?a1513 bedawa1529 fond?1529 allude1535 gulla1550 dolt1553 dor1570 poop1575 colt1579 foolify1581 assot1583 noddify1583 begecka1586 elude1594 wigeona1595 fool1598 noddy1600 fop1602 begull1605 waddle1606 woodcockize1611 bemocka1616 greasea1625 noddypoop1640 truff1657 bubble1668 cully1676 coaxc1679 dupe1704 to play off1712 noodle1769 idiotize1775 oxify1804 tomfool1835 sammyfoozle1837 trail1847 pipe lay1848 pigwidgeon1852 green1853 con1896 rib1912 shuck1959 1848 Campaign Flag (Maysville, Kentucky) 14 Apr. 3/6 He was pipe-layed out of his election last year. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.1844 |
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