prushunn.

Brit.

/ˈprʌʃn/, U.S.

/ˈprəʃ(ə)n/

Forms: 1800s– prushun, 1900s– prushin, 1900s– prusshun.

Origin: Of unknown origin.

Etymology: Origin unknown.It is frequently suggested that the word is derived from Prussian n., and denoted at first not the boy but the older vagrant, having reference to the supposedly “Prussian” discipline exercised by the older man. However, firm evidence for use denoting the older man seems not to be found before the early 20th cent.; compare:1904 ‘No. 1500’ Life in Sing Sing 251/2 Prussian. Tramp who has a boy to beg for him.

U.S. slang. Now historical.

A boy who travels with a vagrant, often begging for him and sometimes also acting as his catamite. Cf. jocker n.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > poverty > mendicancy > [noun] > beggar > child

beggar-brat1597

beggar-boya1774

beggar-girl1863

prushun1893

beggar-child1938

1893 ‘J. Flynt’ in Cent. Mag. Nov. 107/1 I once knew a kid, or prushun, who averaged in Denver nearly three dollars a day.

1893 ‘J. Flynt’ in Cent. Mag. Nov. 107/2 The ‘ex-prushun’ is..cruel and mean to the weak... This is not so surprising, however, when one recollects that for years he has been subject to the whims and passions of various ‘jockers’, or protectors.

1907 J. London Road vii. 173 If he travels with a ‘profesh’, he [sc. ‘a road-kid’] is known possessively as a ‘prushun’.

1924 J. Tully Beggars of Life 213 The kid's a punk, a Prusshun. Why he's slept in box cars with Frisco Slim.

1935 J. Conroy World to Win (1963) 59 As they left, he jerked the boy roughly... ‘He's a handy bugger at rustlin' scoff, but the way he treats his prushun don't set wi' me.’

1996 Jrnl. Amer. Stud. 30 39 In the 1870s, a viable subculture of some estimated 6,000 hobos with their ‘prushuns’, homeless boys of 10 to 15 existed.

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

单词	prushun
释义	prushunn. Brit. /ˈprʌʃn/, U.S. /ˈprəʃ(ə)n/ Forms: 1800s– prushun, 1900s– prushin, 1900s– prusshun. Origin: Of unknown origin. Etymology: Origin unknown.It is frequently suggested that the word is derived from Prussian n., and denoted at first not the boy but the older vagrant, having reference to the supposedly “Prussian” discipline exercised by the older man. However, firm evidence for use denoting the older man seems not to be found before the early 20th cent.; compare:1904 ‘No. 1500’ Life in Sing Sing 251/2 Prussian. Tramp who has a boy to beg for him. U.S. slang. Now historical. A boy who travels with a vagrant, often begging for him and sometimes also acting as his catamite. Cf. jocker n. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > poverty > mendicancy > [noun] > beggar > child beggar-brat1597 beggar-boya1774 beggar-girl1863 prushun1893 beggar-child1938 1893 ‘J. Flynt’ in Cent. Mag. Nov. 107/1 I once knew a kid, or prushun, who averaged in Denver nearly three dollars a day. 1893 ‘J. Flynt’ in Cent. Mag. Nov. 107/2 The ‘ex-prushun’ is..cruel and mean to the weak... This is not so surprising, however, when one recollects that for years he has been subject to the whims and passions of various ‘jockers’, or protectors. 1907 J. London Road vii. 173 If he travels with a ‘profesh’, he [sc. ‘a road-kid’] is known possessively as a ‘prushun’. 1924 J. Tully Beggars of Life 213 The kid's a punk, a Prusshun. Why he's slept in box cars with Frisco Slim. 1935 J. Conroy World to Win (1963) 59 As they left, he jerked the boy roughly... ‘He's a handy bugger at rustlin' scoff, but the way he treats his prushun don't set wi' me.’ 1996 Jrnl. Amer. Stud. 30 39 In the 1870s, a viable subculture of some estimated 6,000 hobos with their ‘prushuns’, homeless boys of 10 to 15 existed. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1893
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