| 单词 | poke-shakings |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspoke-shakings poke-shakings n. Scottish the last remnants of something, esp. (figurative) the youngest children in a family or the smallest piglets of a litter. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinsman or relation > child > [noun] > youngest child nestling1572 reckling1611 swill-pough1611 nestle-tripe1616 nest-cock1674 pin basket1706 poke-shakings1808 mother's pet1819 afterthought1891 the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > order Artiodactyla (cloven-hoofed animals) > pig > [noun] > young > litter > runt tantony1659 whinnock1691 runt1798 poke-shakings1808 Anthony1867 rit1880 1808 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Pock-shakings.., a vulgar term, used to denote the youngest child of a family... It often implies the idea of something puny in appearance. 1844 H. Stephens Bk. of Farm II. 700 The small weak pigs are usually nicknamed wrigs, or pock shakings. 1931 in Sc. National Dict. at Pock Ay, I had a big femly: thir twaa here are jist the pokeshakins. 1985 A. Blair Tea at Miss Cranston's xii. 102 They were my proudest possession they dishes, for many a long year. Forbye them, we started off wi' just a few poke-shakin's he had of his mother's, a bit cutlery, a few towels a pot an' that. < as lemmas |
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