单词 | poppy-show |
释义 | poppy-shown.adj. A. n. 1. Scottish, English regional (northern and midlands), and U.S. regional (chiefly southern). A puppet show; (also) a small box containing a display of pictures, etc., which can be viewed through a hole or lens. In extended use: any display. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > place of amusement or entertainment > fairground or amusement park > [noun] > other side-shows poppy-show1691 hall of mirrors1789 peep show1851 funhouse1920 freak show1939 Wall of Death1946 society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > drama > puppetry > [noun] > puppet-show puppet play1565 puppet show1574 motion1589 drollerya1616 poppet-play1633 poppet-show1650 drolla1657 poppy-show1691 fantoccini1771 1691 Comm. W. McLean in Copy Comm. from King George III in Favours of D. Beatt Master of Revels Scotl. (1764) 2 Verum etiam libertatem et authoritatem concedendi pro ostendendis omnibus publicis experimentis de peritia in scientia desensionis, gestilariis, (vulgo Puppie Show). 1798 D. Crawford Poems 88 You'd mak a noble poppey-show. 1828 D. M. Moir Life Mansie Wauch vii. 64 They..let me in with a grudge for twopence..to see a punch and puppie-show business. 1886 J. P. Reid Facts & Fancies 43 It was there we used to gather floo'ers to mak' a poppy-show. 1887 T. Darlington Folk-speech S. Cheshire A pin to see a poppy-show. 1917 N. Douglas South Wind xl. 459 When you watch some of these local marionette theatres the illusion is complete. Why is a poppy show more convincing than the Comédie Française? 1924 D. H. Lawrence Let. Aug. (1962) II. 803 In the next window-hole, a poppy-show of Indian women in coloured shawls. 1926 Buchan Observer Apr. A preen tae see the poppy show, A preen tae see it a', A preen tae see the little mannie Dancin' on the wa'. 1937 E. Partridge Dict. Slang 650/1 Poppy-show, a display, esp. if accidental, of underclothes. 1984 T. E. Murray in Amer. Speech Summer 99 The central subject of the rhyme, the poppy show, was a shoe box with a small, square hole cut in one end and another small hole cut in the center of the lid. 2. U.S. regional and Caribbean. A ridiculous or ostentatious display; foolishness, nonsense; (also) a fool, a figure of fun. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > stupid, foolish, or inadequate person > foolish person, fool > [noun] dizzyc825 cang?c1225 foolc1225 apec1330 mopc1330 saddle-goosec1346 mis-feelinga1382 foltc1390 mopec1390 fona1400 buffardc1430 fopc1440 joppec1440 fonda1450 fondlinga1450 insipienta1513 plume of feathers1530 bobolynec1540 dizzard1546 Little Witham?1548 nodc1563 dawkin1565 cocknel1566 nigion1570 niddicock1577 nodcock1577 cuckoo1581 Jack with the feather1581 niddipol1582 noddyship?1589 stirkc1590 fonkin1591 Gibraltar1593 fopper1598 noddypeak1598 coxcombry1600 simple1600 gowka1605 nup1607 fooliaminy1608 silly ass1608 dosser-head1612 dor1616 glow-worm1624 liripipea1625 doodle1629 sop1637 spalt1639 fool's head1650 buffle1655 Jack Adams1656 bufflehead1659 nincompoopc1668 bavian1678 nokes1679 foolanea1681 cod1699 hulver-head1699 nigmenog1699 single ten1699 mud1703 dowf1722 foolatum1740 silly billy1749 tommy noddy1774 arsec1785 nincom1800 silly1807 slob1810 omadhaun1818 potwalloper1820 mosy1824 amadan1825 gump1825 gype1825 oonchook1825 prawn1845 suck-egg1851 goosey1852 nowmun1854 pelican1856 poppy-show1860 buggerlugs1861 damfool1881 mudhead1882 yob1886 peanut head1891 haggis bag1892 poop1893 gazob1906 mush1906 wump1908 zob1911 gorm1912 goof1916 goofus1916 gubbins1916 dumb cluck1922 twat1922 B.F.1925 goofer1925 bird brain1926 berk1929 Berkeley1929 Berkeley Hunt1929 ding1929 loogan1929 stupido1929 poop-stick1930 nelly1931 droop1932 diddy1933 slappy1937 goof ball1938 get1940 poon1940 tonk1941 clot1942 yuck1943 possum1945 gobdaw1947 momo1953 nig-nog1953 plonker1955 weenie1956 nong-nong1959 Berkshire Hunt1960 balloon1965 doofus1965 dork1965 nana1965 shit-for-brains1966 schmoll1967 tosspot1967 lunchbox1969 doof1971 tonto1973 dorkus1979 motorhead1979 mouth-breather1979 wally1980 wally brain1981 der-brain1983 langer1983 numpty1985 sotong1988 fanny1995 fannybaws2000 the mind > emotion > pride > ostentation > [noun] > (an) ostentatious display pompc1330 vaunterya1492 pomping pridec1503 braga1513 flaunt-a-flaunt1576 plume1580 affecting1584 top and topgallant1593 ruffle1609 parado1621 riota1649 flutter1667 show1713 sprunk1746 to make a splash1804 show-off1811 paraffle1816 shine1819 splurge1828 gaud1831 spludge1831 poppy-show1860 razzle1885 razzmatazz1917 foofaraw1933 showbiz1970 glitz1977 1860 A. B. Street Woods & Waters 337 Molly looked jeest as nice as a poppy-show. 1893 Daily Gleaner (Kingston, Jamaica) 21 Oct. 7/3 Some mascheebas [i.e. mischievous] person making poppy show after de city of de dead. 1910 Daily Gleaner (Kingston, Jamaica) 29 Sept. 14/2 It's poppy-show you want to make of me? 1939 H. W. Thompson Body, Boots & Britches (1962) 497 Go on with your poppy-show! 1950 L. Bennett et al. Anancy Stories & Dial. Verse ii. 45 All de ballerina head dem, tie Wid ballerina bow, Ballerina glamour mix wid Ballerina pappy-show! 1953 R. Mais Hills were Joyful Together I. xi. 104 You got a pain, so you goin' outside. What you want outside? You must be tek me fo' poppy-show. 1961 L. Marriott in Bim July–Dec. 63 He wasn't leaving the house to walk in the mud and make himself a poppyshow. 1977 Voice of St. Lucia 24 Nov. 2 All in all, St Lucia's politics is the same old khaki pants. Pappyshow and more pappyshow. 2000 R. Antoni in N. Hopkinson Whispers from Cotton Tree Root 22 I began to think how that King ain't nothing more than a big pappyshow. B. adj. Caribbean. Boastful, showy; foolish, ridiculous; worthless. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pride > boasting or boastfulness > [adjective] > boastful boastyc1300 bragc1315 boastfulc1380 great-moutheda1425 boggishc1440 avauntinga1513 windy1513 blazing1549 thrasonical1564 vauntful1590 vousty1596 braggadocian1599 self-boasting1599 braggart1604 braggartly?1611 braggadocio1615 braggeda1616 ampullous1622 rodomontado1645 vapouring1649 thrasonic1657 rodomontade1660 flounder-mouthed1663 fanfaron1670 vaunty1724 boastivea1763 Falstaffian1809 bounceable1831 jactant1839 braggadocious1853 blow-hard1855 loud-mouthed1867 flannel-mouthed1884 bull-mouthed1896 poppy-show1896 Tartarin1903 1896 Jrnl. Amer. Folk-lore 9 282 Chuh, chil'! Yo' too poppesha! 1976 Tapia (Port of Spain, Trinidad) 15 Feb. 11 Right now there is a lot of pappyshow politics being played by some of the Government Ministers. 1994 I. Powell Small Gathering of Bones 3 Ian's poppy-show friends never around when him need them. 1996 E. Lovelace Salt xi. 200 So they would call him Myrrh with an undertone of condescension, setting him up as a mamaguy Captain Marvel, a pappyshow Tarzan. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.1691 |
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