punch boardn.

Brit.

/ˈpʌn(t)ʃbɔːd/, U.S.

/ˈpəntʃˌbɔrd/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: punch n.¹, board n.

Etymology: < punch n.¹ + board n.

North American.

1. A stencil used to guide a mechanical punch. rare.

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society > occupation and work > equipment > piercing or boring tools > [noun] > punches > part of

bolster1678

punch board1900

1900 Current Lit. Aug. 231/2 The keyboard punch is about the size of a type-writer tray, having in front a perforated punch-board of celluloid.

2. A board perforated with holes each of which can contain a slip of paper designating a prize, used in a gambling game in which a player punches a slip out of the hole in order to win a prize; the game in which this board is used.

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society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > games of chance > [noun] > wheel, etc.

dolly1874

spinning-jenny1879

punch board1912

paddle wheel1926

1912 J. P. Quinn Gambling & Gambling Devices 229 The punch board consists of a board about half an inch in thickness pierced with a number of holes... In each of the holes is concealed a small piece of paper on which is printed a number.

1935 J. Steinbeck Tortilla Flat xvii. 315 Tito Ralph came in with a box of cigars he had won on a punch board.

1939 Sun (Baltimore) 12 Sept. 7/4 The worst form of petty gambling seems to be confined to punch boards.

1966 Times 28 Feb. (Canada Suppl.) p. x/4 Any dice game, three-card monte, punch board.

1996 Denver Post 10 Mar. (Empire Mag.) 5/1 And, if possible, there should be..a couple of punchboards and a rack of blind robin pickled herrings or beef jerky.

3. slang (derogatory). A promiscuous woman.

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society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > [noun] > sexual indulgence > promiscuity > person > woman

bat1607

tramp1922

bag1924

poule1924

blimp1926

punch board1955

slag1958

slagbag1966

hosebag1974

mama1980

slutbag1987

Essex girl1991

knob jockey2003

1955 J. W. Ellison I'm Owen Harrison Harding i. 12 She'd got a reputation..as being the town punch board, and Fleming's number one Prone Joan.

1970 G. Greer Female Eunuch 267 Girls who pride themselves on their monogamous instincts..speak of the ‘campus punchboard’.

1991 R. R. McCammon Boy's Life iii. vi. 281 High and mighty for a damned punchboard, ain't you?

2001 J. Ellroy Cold Six Thousand xlii. 220 Civil-rights workers talked—four Negro males. Said Negroes defamed white girls... Said girls were ‘punchboards out for black stick’.

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

单词	punch board
释义	punch boardn. Brit. /ˈpʌn(t)ʃbɔːd/, U.S. /ˈpəntʃˌbɔrd/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: punch n.¹, board n. Etymology: < punch n.¹ + board n. North American. 1. A stencil used to guide a mechanical punch. rare. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > piercing or boring tools > [noun] > punches > part of bolster1678 punch board1900 1900 Current Lit. Aug. 231/2 The keyboard punch is about the size of a type-writer tray, having in front a perforated punch-board of celluloid. 2. A board perforated with holes each of which can contain a slip of paper designating a prize, used in a gambling game in which a player punches a slip out of the hole in order to win a prize; the game in which this board is used. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > games of chance > [noun] > wheel, etc. dolly1874 spinning-jenny1879 punch board1912 paddle wheel1926 1912 J. P. Quinn Gambling & Gambling Devices 229 The punch board consists of a board about half an inch in thickness pierced with a number of holes... In each of the holes is concealed a small piece of paper on which is printed a number. 1935 J. Steinbeck Tortilla Flat xvii. 315 Tito Ralph came in with a box of cigars he had won on a punch board. 1939 Sun (Baltimore) 12 Sept. 7/4 The worst form of petty gambling seems to be confined to punch boards. 1966 Times 28 Feb. (Canada Suppl.) p. x/4 Any dice game, three-card monte, punch board. 1996 Denver Post 10 Mar. (Empire Mag.) 5/1 And, if possible, there should be..a couple of punchboards and a rack of blind robin pickled herrings or beef jerky. 3. slang (derogatory). A promiscuous woman. ΘΚΠ society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > [noun] > sexual indulgence > promiscuity > person > woman bat1607 tramp1922 bag1924 poule1924 blimp1926 punch board1955 slag1958 slagbag1966 hosebag1974 mama1980 slutbag1987 Essex girl1991 knob jockey2003 1955 J. W. Ellison I'm Owen Harrison Harding i. 12 She'd got a reputation..as being the town punch board, and Fleming's number one Prone Joan. 1970 G. Greer Female Eunuch 267 Girls who pride themselves on their monogamous instincts..speak of the ‘campus punchboard’. 1991 R. R. McCammon Boy's Life iii. vi. 281 High and mighty for a damned punchboard, ain't you? 2001 J. Ellroy Cold Six Thousand xlii. 220 Civil-rights workers talked—four Negro males. Said Negroes defamed white girls... Said girls were ‘punchboards out for black stick’. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1900
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