prune juicen.adj.

Brit.

/ˈpruːn dʒuːs/, U.S.

/ˈprun ˌdʒus/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: prune n., juice n.

Etymology: < prune n.+ juice n.In sense A. 2 apparently with reference to the practice of using prune juice in the production of counterfeit whiskey.

A. n.

1. Juice extracted or made from prunes.

ΚΠ

1790 R. Walker Inq. Small-Pox 18 The method of cure adopted by..Arabian writers, appears to be judicious... They direct the body to be kept open with juice of prunes.]

1832 J. Hope Treat. Dis. Heart & Great Vessels 610 The hæmoptysis continued and became black like prune-juice.

1855 C. J. Hempel tr. J. P. Tessier Clin. Remarks Homeopathic Treatm. Pneumonia 125 Cough not frequent, difficult; sputa scattering, of the color of prune-juice.

1874 Galveston (Texas) Daily News 28 July Jamaica and St. Croix rum is made of double refined highwines, French coloring..alum, aloes, and prune juice.

1938 Times 10 Jan. 17/5 Make brown gravy with remains of flour and fat, using half a pint of prune juice.

1985 E. Leonard Glitz i. 11 He wasn't going to drop..a bottle of prune juice.

2004 Peterborough (Ont.) Examiner (Nexis) 23 Sept. b4 A natural laxative that's made with bran, applesauce and prune juice.

2. slang (chiefly U.S.). Nonsense; ‘hogwash’.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > a language > register > [noun] > slang > particular types of

rhyming slang1859

back-slang1860

marrowskya1861

prune juice1904

1904 Life 25 Aug. 186/3 Then unfurling his banner of Roosevelt and Reform, he..issued forty yards of political prune juice and platitude.

1929 E. Pound Let. 23 Jan. (1971) 222 If you agree that there ought to be decent writing,..not prune juice to suit the pub. taste or your taste, you will have got as far as any ‘circle’ or ‘world’ ever has.

1957 J. Kerouac On the Road iii. iv. 199 Here we were dealing with the pit and prunejuice of poor beat life.

1965 P. G. Wodehouse Galahad at Blandings x. 170 We decided that a big Society wedding was a lot of prune juice and we wanted no piece of it.

1994 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 12 May 5/1 Dipped when still a boy into the literary prune juice of Silas Marner, he confides, he once swore off George Eliot forever.

B. adj.

That resembles prune juice in colour; dark purplish-brown; spec. designating sputum of this colour, esp. as a symptom of pneumococcal pneumonia. Now rare.

ΚΠ

1837 W. Stokes Treat. Diagnosis & Treatm. Dis. Chest 322 As far as we have observed there is no anatomical difference between the cases with prune juice sputa, and those in which there is a secretion of healthy pus.

1863 W. Aitken Sci. & Pract. Med. (ed. 2) II. iii. 858 The so-called ‘prune-juice’ expectoration, characteristic of the third stage of pneumonia.

1873 T. H. Green Introd. Pathol. & Morbid Anat. (ed. 2) 91 A rusty or prune-juice colour.

1951 Modesto (Calif.) Bee & News-Herald 4 Jan. 23/ In the early stages of pneumonia a severe cough may bring up blood... Such blood has a rusty or prune juice color.

2004 R. F. LeBlonde et al. DeGowin's Diagnostic Exam. (ed. 8) 403 Rusty Sputum: Prune-Juice Sputum: Purulent sputum containing changed blood pigment is typical of pneumococcal pneumonia but it is frequently preceded by small amounts of frank blood.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	prune juice
释义	prune juicen.adj. Brit. /ˈpruːn dʒuːs/, U.S. /ˈprun ˌdʒus/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: prune n., juice n. Etymology: < prune n.+ juice n.In sense A. 2 apparently with reference to the practice of using prune juice in the production of counterfeit whiskey. A. n. 1. Juice extracted or made from prunes. ΚΠ 1790 R. Walker Inq. Small-Pox 18 The method of cure adopted by..Arabian writers, appears to be judicious... They direct the body to be kept open with juice of prunes.] 1832 J. Hope Treat. Dis. Heart & Great Vessels 610 The hæmoptysis continued and became black like prune-juice. 1855 C. J. Hempel tr. J. P. Tessier Clin. Remarks Homeopathic Treatm. Pneumonia 125 Cough not frequent, difficult; sputa scattering, of the color of prune-juice. 1874 Galveston (Texas) Daily News 28 July Jamaica and St. Croix rum is made of double refined highwines, French coloring..alum, aloes, and prune juice. 1938 Times 10 Jan. 17/5 Make brown gravy with remains of flour and fat, using half a pint of prune juice. 1985 E. Leonard Glitz i. 11 He wasn't going to drop..a bottle of prune juice. 2004 Peterborough (Ont.) Examiner (Nexis) 23 Sept. b4 A natural laxative that's made with bran, applesauce and prune juice. 2. slang (chiefly U.S.). Nonsense; ‘hogwash’. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > a language > register > [noun] > slang > particular types of rhyming slang1859 back-slang1860 marrowskya1861 prune juice1904 1904 Life 25 Aug. 186/3 Then unfurling his banner of Roosevelt and Reform, he..issued forty yards of political prune juice and platitude. 1929 E. Pound Let. 23 Jan. (1971) 222 If you agree that there ought to be decent writing,..not prune juice to suit the pub. taste or your taste, you will have got as far as any ‘circle’ or ‘world’ ever has. 1957 J. Kerouac On the Road iii. iv. 199 Here we were dealing with the pit and prunejuice of poor beat life. 1965 P. G. Wodehouse Galahad at Blandings x. 170 We decided that a big Society wedding was a lot of prune juice and we wanted no piece of it. 1994 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 12 May 5/1 Dipped when still a boy into the literary prune juice of Silas Marner, he confides, he once swore off George Eliot forever. B. adj. That resembles prune juice in colour; dark purplish-brown; spec. designating sputum of this colour, esp. as a symptom of pneumococcal pneumonia. Now rare. ΚΠ 1837 W. Stokes Treat. Diagnosis & Treatm. Dis. Chest 322 As far as we have observed there is no anatomical difference between the cases with prune juice sputa, and those in which there is a secretion of healthy pus. 1863 W. Aitken Sci. & Pract. Med. (ed. 2) II. iii. 858 The so-called ‘prune-juice’ expectoration, characteristic of the third stage of pneumonia. 1873 T. H. Green Introd. Pathol. & Morbid Anat. (ed. 2) 91 A rusty or prune-juice colour. 1951 Modesto (Calif.) Bee & News-Herald 4 Jan. 23/ In the early stages of pneumonia a severe cough may bring up blood... Such blood has a rusty or prune juice color. 2004 R. F. LeBlonde et al. DeGowin's Diagnostic Exam. (ed. 8) 403 Rusty Sputum: Prune-Juice Sputum: Purulent sputum containing changed blood pigment is typical of pneumococcal pneumonia but it is frequently preceded by small amounts of frank blood. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.1832
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