| 单词 | saps |
| 释义 | > as lemmassaps b. U.S. slang. A club; a short staff. So saps (see quot. 1899). ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > club or stick > [noun] sowelc893 treec893 cudgelc897 stinga900 bat?c1225 sticka1275 clubc1275 truncheon14.. bourdonc1325 bastona1400 warderera1400 plantc1400 kibble1411 playloomc1440 hurlbatc1450 ploykc1450 rung1491 libberlac1500 waster1533 batonc1550 macana1555 libbet1562 bastinado1574 crab-tree comb1593 tomahawkc1612 billeta1616 wiper1622 batoon1637 gibbeta1640 crab-bat1647 kibbo1688 Indian club1694 batterdasher1696 crab-stick1703 bloodwipea1705 bludgeon1730 kierie1731 oaken towel1739 crab1740 shillelagh1772 knobstick1783 pogamogganc1788 whirlbat1791 nulla-nulla1798 waddy1800 kevel1807 supple1815 mere1820 hurlet1825 knobkerrie1826 blackthorn1829 bastera1833 twig1842 leangle1845 alpeen1847 banger1849 billy1856 thwack-stave1857 clump1868 cosh1869 nulla1878 sap1899 waddy1899 blunt instrument1923 1899 ‘J. Flynt’ Tramping with Tramps 396 Saps, a clubbing with weapons made from saplings. 1915 N.Y. World Mag. 9 May 14/3 Sap or sapstick, a crutch, cane or club. 1926 J. Black You can't Win vii. 83 The town marshal would then appear with a posse armed with ‘saps’, which is short for saplings, young trees. 1932 J. Dos Passos 1919 436 He could hear the crack of saps on men's skulls. 1940 R. Chandler Farewell, my Lovely xxvi. 116 He had the sap out this time, a nice little tool about five inches long, covered with woven brown leather. 1955 W. Foster-Harris Look of Old West vii. 218 Its [sc. a quirt's] handle, or butt, would probably be loaded with an iron spike or with buckshot, thus giving you a handy sap when you needed one. 1974 D. Sears Lark in Clear Air iv. 49 His main staff of office was a lead sap that must have weighed two pounds. < as lemmas |
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