单词 | ramshack |
释义 | ramshackv. U.S. regional (chiefly southern and Midland, in African-American usage). transitive. = ransack v. Also intransitive. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > robbery > rob [verb (transitive)] > search with a view to robbing ransacka1325 mousec1580 ranshackle1605 to turn over1859 ramshack1893 rat1906 1893 Forest & Stream 19 Aug. 139/2 I'll bet fo'pence ha'penny that aire boy ramshacked raound an' faound 'em for him. 1901 W. Churchill Crisis iii. vi. 413 Supper, Miss Jinny. Lawsy, if I ain't ramshacked de premises fo' you bof. 1935 in Z. N. Hurston Mules & Men App. I. 323 Me and my buddy and two three more, Going to ramshack Georgy everywhere we go. 1962 W. Faulkner Reivers i. 13 Now you got to ramshack the country to locate another back window you can crawl in. 2006 Miami Times 20 Dec. 1 a Located in the heart of the Black community..staff members were shocked to find the building ramshacked and vandalized. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.1893 |
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