单词 | polthogue |
释义 | polthoguen. Irish English. colloquial. A blow, esp. a thump, a punch. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > impact > striking > striking with specific thing > [noun] > with the hand > with the fist bobeta1400 bobettingc1440 boba1568 nevel1568 fisticuffs1600 bunch1642 condyle1644 poke1690 punch1766 fist1767 plug1798 chuckera1805 polthogue1808 fistera1834 jab1889 bust1893 1808 Monthly Pantheon July 176/2 She was born on the banks of Killarney. Och! she'd sing ‘Paddy Whack’ with her mother, Or dance ‘Jig Polthogue’ with her brother, 'Till she jigg'd up to town. 1830 W. Carleton Traits & Stories Irish Peasantry II. 59 John Grimes hot him a palthoge on the sconce wid the but-end of a gun. 1842 Dublin Univ. Mag Jan. 18 In Kerry, there once lived a comical rogue, As e'er shook a shillelah, or gave a polthogue. 1884 D. Boucicault Shaughraun i. i. 13 Be jabers, I'd have liked to seen your face when you got that polthogue in the gob. 1916 Washington Post 24 Mar. 8/3 The polthogue that brought Jim Coffey's championship hopes tumbling with him into the resin dust of the ring. 1937 S. MacManus Bold Blades Donegal 2 I reached a polthogue that took the fellow between the two eyes and toppled him. 2004 Irish Times (Nexis) 12 Jan. 17 In full view of the soldiers, Achilles hit your man a polthogue across the jaw and laid him out. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1808 |
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