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单词 poppy-show
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poppy-shown.adj.

Brit. /ˈpɒpɪʃəʊ/, U.S. /ˈpɑpiˌʃoʊ/, Caribbean English /ˈpapiʃoː/, /ˈpʌpiʃoː/
Forms: 1600s–1800s puppie-show, 1700s poppey-show, 1800s– poppy-show, 1800s– puppy-show, 1900s– poppee-show (U.S. regional (Louisiana)); also Caribbean 1800s poppesha, 1900s– papishoe, 1900s– pappy-show.
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: puppy n., show n.1
Etymology: < puppy n. (compare puppy n. 3a) + show n.1 With sense A. 1 compare earlier puppet show n.On the history and diffusion of the word see further T. E. Murray in Amer. Speech (1984) 59 99–122 (where somewhat doubtful alternative etymologies are also discussed), and I. Hancock in Amer. Speech (1985) 60 189–192.
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).
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