| 单词 | potlicker |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspotlicker potlicker n. North American and Caribbean a mongrel dog; (also North American, now rare) a contemptible person. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Canidae > dog > [noun] > mongrel mongrelc1460 limer1538 potlicker1830 kuri1838 mutt1900 mong1903 pooch1908 goorie1937 1830 A. Royall Southern Tour I. 78 This was said like a man, and never came into the heads of pot-lickers and scrubs. 1904 E. Hough Law of Land 114 Why, he says he'd make Hec look like a pot-licker if he ever got mixed up with his dog. 1947 Clarke County Democrat (Grove Hill, Alabama) 30 Oct. 4/3 A hound is a hound, regardless of whether he is July, Red Bone, Walker, potlicker or just plain hush-puppy. 1984 T. McGuane Something to be Desired (1985) vii. 67 Am I to understand that I have to get a gold star from every pot-licker who cares to evaluate me or I don't see him? 1990 J. McGill That Rubens Guy (1991) 11 A pint in each hand, young Jessica stopped a yard before the bottom step where Sparky the potlicker lay growling through a dream of rats. < as lemmas |
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