rodneyn.¹adj.

Brit.

/ˈrɒdni/, U.S.

/ˈrɑdni/

Forms: 1800s– rodney (regional), 1800s– rodny (English regional (Cheshire)); Newfoundland (in sense A. 3) 1900s– rondey.

Origin: Of unknown origin.

Etymology: Origin unknown. The semantic relationship between the various senses is unclear; sense A. 3 may perhaps represent an extended use of sense A. 2, or may show a different word.Perhaps compare the surname Rodney , especially as the surname of the celebrated admiral George Bridges Rodney (see Rodney n.²), or the male forename Rodney (found from the late 18th cent., originally in honour of the admiral).

A. n.¹

1. Coal Mining (English regional (Staffordshire)). A roughly constructed platform or a brazier near the mouth of a pit, upon which a fire is lit at night. Now rare.

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the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > heating or making hot > that which or one who heats > [noun] > a device for heating or warming > portable receptacle for burning fuel

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heartheOE

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mangal1814

komfoor1841

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Jack1849

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reredos1859

hibachi1863

scaldino1866

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salamander1873

1848 London Mining Jrnl. Gloss. in Jrnl. Franklin Inst. 45 463 [S. Staffs.] Rodney, a roughly constructed platform, with old rails, near the pit's mouth, upon which a large fire is made during the winter nights, to light the bank.

a1904 J. Turner in Eng. Dial. Dict. (1904) V. 140/2 Rodney, the iron brazier used on a pit-bank to light up the surroundings.

2. English regional (Yorkshire and west midlands) and Welsh English (southern). An idler, a loafer; a vagrant; a disreputable person. Chiefly derogatory.

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the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > worthlessness > worthless person > [noun]

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git1939

no-hoper1944

piss artist1962

society > morality > moral evil > evil nature or character > lack of magnanimity or noble-mindedness > [noun] > worthlessness > good-for-nothing person

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piss artist1962

dead leg1964

1877 Notes & Queries 5th Ser. 7 168/1 To keep a boy from work until he is thirteen is to encourage idleness. In the expressive language of the [Wolverhampton iron- and brickmaking] district it makes ‘Rodneys’ of them.

1882 Notes & Queries 6th Ser. 6 397/2 The Bench sent the defendant to prison for six weeks аs а vagrant, or a rodney according to the policeman's definition.

1892 Daily News 14 Mar. 6/1 The ‘Rodney’ has no home; he sleeps with his back against his coke oven, or in it when it is cleared out.

1965 G. Jones Island of Apples ii. viii. 146 We didn't want to have anything to do with rodneys like them, but they spread out across the road so that we couldn't pass.

1996 Sunday Tel. 13 Oct. (Sport section) 7/1 And to think I knew them when they were a bunch of London rodneys.

3. Canadian (originally and chiefly Newfoundland). A small fishing boat, typically round-bottomed with a square stern; a small punt. Now chiefly historical.

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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > fishing vessel > [noun] > other types of fishing vessel

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1895 Christmas Rev. (Newfoundland) 18 Jim Leary, whose handiwork, whether displayed in the construction of baitskiff, smack, skiff, punt or rodney, was always superior to what any other man in the settlement could turn out.

1923 Sunday at Home Dec. 153/1 The punt..was one of the small, light type of boat called a ‘rodney’, and it was used mainly for shooting about the harbour, or on sealing trips.

1966 A. R. Scammell My Newfoundland 36 Sid, go over to Blanchard's and keep an eye on what they're doing. Take the rodney.

2003 Canad. Geographic Nov. 80/2 Like the rodney, the ‘double-ender’ had oakum caulking, two sets of oars and a take-down mast.

B. adj.

(attributive). English regional (chiefly west midlands and Gloucestershire). Rough, disreputable; idle. Chiefly derogatory. Now rare.

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the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > [adjective] > ill-mannered > unrefined

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1866 Birmingham Daily Gaz. 12 Nov. in Notes & Queries (1867) 3rd Ser. 11 494/1 There was Devil Lees.., a great big rodney fellow, as hard as a grounsell toad.

1884 R. Lawson Upton-on-Severn Words & Phrases 26 A rodney sort of a chap.

1905 Eng. Dial. Dict. V. (at cited word) It were some o' they rodney Pershore chaps.

1968 in P. G. Hollowell Lorry Driver v. 120 You two, you'm rodney idle bastards and I'm tekin' yow to see the gaffer.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	rodney
释义	rodneyn.¹adj. Brit. /ˈrɒdni/, U.S. /ˈrɑdni/ Forms: 1800s– rodney (regional), 1800s– rodny (English regional (Cheshire)); Newfoundland (in sense A. 3) 1900s– rondey. Origin: Of unknown origin. Etymology: Origin unknown. The semantic relationship between the various senses is unclear; sense A. 3 may perhaps represent an extended use of sense A. 2, or may show a different word.Perhaps compare the surname Rodney , especially as the surname of the celebrated admiral George Bridges Rodney (see Rodney n.²), or the male forename Rodney (found from the late 18th cent., originally in honour of the admiral). A. n.¹ 1. Coal Mining (English regional (Staffordshire)). A roughly constructed platform or a brazier near the mouth of a pit, upon which a fire is lit at night. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > heating or making hot > that which or one who heats > [noun] > a device for heating or warming > portable receptacle for burning fuel fire paneOE heartheOE fire vessela1382 chafer1395 chimneyc1420 chafing-dish1483 coal pan1530 fire chauffer1558 brazeraine1623 brasero1652 brazier1690 firecage1770 fire-holder1789 fire basket1798 mangal1814 komfoor1841 rodney1848 Jack1849 chip pan1854 reredos1859 hibachi1863 scaldino1866 chafing-pan1867 salamander1873 1848 London Mining Jrnl. Gloss. in Jrnl. Franklin Inst. 45 463 [S. Staffs.] Rodney, a roughly constructed platform, with old rails, near the pit's mouth, upon which a large fire is made during the winter nights, to light the bank. a1904 J. Turner in Eng. Dial. Dict. (1904) V. 140/2 Rodney, the iron brazier used on a pit-bank to light up the surroundings. 2. English regional (Yorkshire and west midlands) and Welsh English (southern). An idler, a loafer; a vagrant; a disreputable person. Chiefly derogatory. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > worthlessness > worthless person > [noun] ribalda1250 brethelingc1275 filec1300 waynouna1350 waster1352 lorel1362 losel1362 land-leaper1377 javelc1400 leftc1400 lorerc1400 shackerellc1420 brethel1440 never-thrift1440 ne'er-thrifta1450 never-thrivinga1450 nebulona1475 breelc1485 naughty pack?1534 brathel1542 unsel155. pelf1551 wandrel?1567 land-loper1570 scald1575 baggage1594 arrant1605 good-for-nothing1611 hilding1611 vauneant1621 idle-pack1624 thimble-maker1654 never-do-well1664 ne'er-be-good1675 shack1682 vagabond1686 shag-bag1699 houndsfoot1710 blackguard1732 ne'er-do-well1737 trumpery1738 rap1742 good-for-naught1773 rip1781 mauvais sujet1793 scamp1808 waffie1808 loose fish1809 ne'er-do-good1814 hard bargain1818 vaurien1829 sculpin1834 shicer1846 wastrel1847 scallywag1848 shack-bag1855 beat1865 rodney1877 git1939 no-hoper1944 piss artist1962 society > morality > moral evil > evil nature or character > lack of magnanimity or noble-mindedness > [noun] > worthlessness > good-for-nothing person brethelingc1275 filec1300 dogc1330 ribald1340 waynouna1350 waster1352 lorel1362 losel1362 land-leaper1377 triflera1382 brothelc1390 javelc1400 leftc1400 lorerc1400 shackerellc1420 brethel1440 never-thrift1440 vagrant1444 ne'er-thrifta1450 never-thrivinga1450 nebulona1475 breelc1485 naughty pack?1534 brathel1542 carrion1547 slim1548 unsel155. pelf1551 shifterc1562 rag1566 wandrel?1567 land-loper1570 nothing-worth1580 baggage1594 roly-poly1602 bash-rag1603 arrant1605 ragabash?1609 flabergullion1611 hilding1611 hard bargain1612 slubberdegullion1612 vauneant1621 knick-knacker1622 idle-pack1624 slabberdegullion1653 thimble-maker1654 whiffler1659 never-do-well1664 good-for-nought1671 ne'er-be-good1675 shack1682 vagabond1686 shabaroon1699 shag-bag1699 houndsfoot1710 ne'er-do-well1737 trumpery1738 rap1742 hallion1789 scamp1808 waffie1808 ne'er-do-good1814 vaurien1829 sculpin1834 shicer1846 good-for-nothing1847 wastrel1847 scallywag1848 shack-bag1855 beat1865 toe-rag1875 rodney1877 toe-ragger1896 low-lifer1902 punk1904 lowlife1909 ringtail1916 git1939 no-hoper1944 schlub1950 piss artist1962 dead leg1964 1877 Notes & Queries 5th Ser. 7 168/1 To keep a boy from work until he is thirteen is to encourage idleness. In the expressive language of the [Wolverhampton iron- and brickmaking] district it makes ‘Rodneys’ of them. 1882 Notes & Queries 6th Ser. 6 397/2 The Bench sent the defendant to prison for six weeks аs а vagrant, or a rodney according to the policeman's definition. 1892 Daily News 14 Mar. 6/1 The ‘Rodney’ has no home; he sleeps with his back against his coke oven, or in it when it is cleared out. 1965 G. Jones Island of Apples ii. viii. 146 We didn't want to have anything to do with rodneys like them, but they spread out across the road so that we couldn't pass. 1996 Sunday Tel. 13 Oct. (Sport section) 7/1 And to think I knew them when they were a bunch of London rodneys. 3. Canadian (originally and chiefly Newfoundland). A small fishing boat, typically round-bottomed with a square stern; a small punt. Now chiefly historical. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > fishing vessel > [noun] > other types of fishing vessel spindlers-boat1243 manfare1326 stall boat1328 dogger1338 hackboat1344 coble1493 peter-boat1540 monger1558 trimboat1558 shotter1580 crab-skuit1614 fly-boat1614 cantera1642 dogger-boat1646 cag1666 yawl1670 barca-longa1681 hogboat1784 fishing-smack1785 hooker1801 hatch-boat1828 pinkie1840 fishing-bark1841 pookhaun1851 garookuh1855 jigger1860 fisher-bark1862 fisher-keel1870 Norwegian1872 scaf1877 mule coble1883 mule1884 Zulu1884 novy1885 tosher1885 skipjack1887 fleeter1888 fishing-float1893 rodney1895 mutton-ham boat1899 nobby1899 sinagot1927 sport fisherman1937 sport fisher1940 ski-boat1964 belly boat1976 1895 Christmas Rev. (Newfoundland) 18 Jim Leary, whose handiwork, whether displayed in the construction of baitskiff, smack, skiff, punt or rodney, was always superior to what any other man in the settlement could turn out. 1923 Sunday at Home Dec. 153/1 The punt..was one of the small, light type of boat called a ‘rodney’, and it was used mainly for shooting about the harbour, or on sealing trips. 1966 A. R. Scammell My Newfoundland 36 Sid, go over to Blanchard's and keep an eye on what they're doing. Take the rodney. 2003 Canad. Geographic Nov. 80/2 Like the rodney, the ‘double-ender’ had oakum caulking, two sets of oars and a take-down mast. B. adj. (attributive). English regional (chiefly west midlands and Gloucestershire). Rough, disreputable; idle. Chiefly derogatory. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > [adjective] > ill-mannered > unrefined boistousc1300 untheweda1325 uplandisha1387 unaffiled1390 rudea1393 knavishc1405 peoplisha1425 clubbedc1440 blunt1477 lob?1507 robust1511 borel1513 carterly1519 clubbish1530 rough?1531 rustical?1532 incondite1539 agrestc1550 rusticc1550 brute1555 lobcocka1556 loutisha1556 carterlike1561 boorish1562 ruggedc1565 lobbish1567 loutlike1567 sowish1570 clownish1581 unrefined1582 impolished1583 homespun1590 transalpinea1592 swaddish1593 unpolished1594 untutored1595 swabberly1596 tartarous1602 porterly1603 lobcocked1606 lob-like1606 cluster-fisted1611 agrestic1617 inurbane1623 unelevated1627 incult1628 unbrushed1640 vulgar1643 unhewed1644 unsmooth1648 hirsute1658 loutardly1658 unhewn1659 roughsome?c1660 sordid1668 inhumanea1680 coarse1699 brutal1709 ramgunshoch1721 tramontane1740 uncouth1740 no-nationa1756 unurbane1760 turnipy1792 rudas1802 common1804 cubbish1819 clodhopping1828 vulgarian1833 cloddish1844 unkempt1846 bush1851 vulgarish1860 rodney1866 crude1876 ignorant1886 yobby1910 nekulturny1932 oikish1959 yobbish1966 ocker1972 down and dirty1977 1866 Birmingham Daily Gaz. 12 Nov. in Notes & Queries (1867) 3rd Ser. 11 494/1 There was Devil Lees.., a great big rodney fellow, as hard as a grounsell toad. 1884 R. Lawson Upton-on-Severn Words & Phrases 26 A rodney sort of a chap. 1905 Eng. Dial. Dict. V. (at cited word) It were some o' they rodney Pershore chaps. 1968 in P. G. Hollowell Lorry Driver v. 120 You two, you'm rodney idle bastards and I'm tekin' yow to see the gaffer. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). Rodneyn.² Brit. /ˈrɒdni/, U.S. /ˈrɑdni/ Origin: From a proper name. Etymon: proper name Rodney. Etymology: < the name of George Bridges Rodney, 1st Baron Rodney (1718–92), British admiral. Chiefly attributive. A type of decanter designed with a wide base for use on board a ship. Cf. ship decanter n. at ship n.¹ Compounds 3a. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > containers for drink > [adjective] > descriptive of decanter Rodney1853 Black Forest1886 the world > food and drink > drink > containers for drink > [noun] > decanter decanter1712 imperial1858 ship decanter1929 Rodney1986 1853 Hunt's Merchants' Mag. 28 121 Finger tumblers, sham diamond cut dishes, and Rodney decanters. 1943 Apollo 38 140/1 There was the barrel-shaped ‘Rodney’ decanter with ringed neck from 1788 to 1795. 1986 ‘J. Gash’ Moonspender xxii. 175 He served brandy from a Rodney decanter... The name is Admiral Rodney's... True Rodneys are post 1782, the year of his great victory. 2001 J. Hayhurst Miller's Glass Buying Guide (2004) 71 (caption) An Irish Rodney decanter, the body engraved with vesica decoration, with three milled neck rings and a moulded target stopper. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.¹adj.1848n.²1853
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