单词 | puker |
释义 | pukern.ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines for specific purpose > cleansing or expelling medicines > [noun] > emetic vomita1400 vomitory1601 vomitive1611 vomiter1634 nauseate1651 emetic1658 puker1714 puke1729 pick1824 nauseant1825 1714 S. Garth Dispensary (ed. 7) iii. 28 The Griper Senna, and the Puker Rue, The Sweetner Sassafras are added too. 1780 T. Sheridan Gen. Dict. Eng. Lang. II Puker, medicine causing a vomit. 2. A person who pukes or vomits. Also figurative. ΚΠ 1846 J. E. Worcester Universal Dict. Eng. Lang. Puker, one who pukes. 1892 S. Baring-Gould In Roar of Sea I. v. 54 I'm not one of your mewlers and pewkers. I have my work to do, and can't afford to waste time in the luxury of tears. 1976 M. Millar Ask for Me xii. 99 ‘You seemed pretty anxious to get rid of him.’ ‘I hate pukers.’ 1982 W. Buchan John Buchan iv. 88 He waded into a crowd of these infant pukers, who were demonstrating against the College Principal. 1995 Independent (Nexis) 25 Sept. 3 I was a terrible puker right through my twenties, ask anyone. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1714 |
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