schlentern.adj.

Brit.

/ˈʃlɛntə/, U.S.

/ˈʃlɛntər/, Australian English

/ˈʃlentə/, New Zealand English

/ˈʃlentə/, South African English

/ˈʃlentə/

Forms: 1800s shlinter, 1800s–1900s schleinter, 1800s– schlenter, 1800s– schlinter, 1800s– shlenter, 1800s– slanter, 1800s– slenter, 1800s– slinter, 1900s shleinter, 1900s– schlanter, 1900s– shlanter.

Origin: Probably a borrowing from Dutch. Etymon: Dutch slenter.

Etymology: Probably < Dutch (now regional) slenter dishonest or crafty behaviour, trick (early 19th cent.; Afrikaans slenter ), specific semantic development of slenter act of loafing or tramping (early 18th cent.) < slenteren to be idle, to dawdle, to loaf (17th cent.), ultimately (with different suffix) < the same Germanic base as slide v. Compare Middle Low German slenteren (German regional (Low German) slendern , slentern ; > German schlendern to stroll (17th cent.)). Slightly earlier currency is probably implied by schlenter v.The history of this word is obscure; the Australian and New Zealand forms are perhaps borrowed from South African English, but the transmission route is unclear. Although a connection with Jewish people involved in the diamond trade has sometimes been suggested, there is no evidence supporting a Jewish or Yiddish origin (see further D. L. Gold in Leuvense Bijdragen (1984) 73 315–34).

A. n.

1. colloquial (originally Australian and New Zealand, in later use also South African). A trick, a scam.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > [noun] > a trick, deception

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Yorkshire bite1795

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fake1829

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deceptivity1843

tread-behind1844

fly1861

schlenter1864

Sinonism1864

racket1869

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ficelle1890

wheeze1903

fast one1912

roughie1914

spun-yarn trick1916

fastie1931

phoney baloney1933

fake-out1955

okey-doke1964

mind-fuck1971

1864 C. R. Thatcher Invercargill Minstrel 15 'Twas a ‘shlinter’ for the tenant one morning departed Without paying his rent.

1934 Bulletin (Sydney) 20 June 47/1 ‘You worked a schlenter on me, laddie,’ he said, grinning at me in the wings, ‘but you're forgiven.’

1945 N.Z. Geographer 1 i. 24 Most [shearing] sheds have somebody articulate to voice their worries if any slinters are feared.

1959 G. Slatter Gun in my Hand xii. 166 Wilkinson..worked a slinter at the end. Ref shoulda penalised him.

1981 Sunday Times (Johannesburg) 22 Feb. 22 No one is going to sell a pass law schlenter to the straight-talking Ben Mokaetle.

2017 Cape Times (Nexis) 15 Mar. (E1 ed.) 6 This was my first exposure to people who delight in the pursuit of power, and the schlenters they resort to.

2. South African. A counterfeit diamond. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > forgery, falsification > [noun] > something false or forged > supposedly precious

Martin chain?1550

puff ring1557

St Martin's rings1590

by-gold1611

schlenter1897

1897 G. Griffith in Boston Sunday Globe 1 Aug. 34/2 Good Lord, man, can't you see they're all schlenters?

1937 H. Klein Stage-coach Dust x. 112 Schlenters were also useful to the individual digger to drop into the pans of their rotating washing machine, to test the honesty of their native boys; and they were also useful to a more unscrupulous class to ‘salt’ diamondless claims.

1946 L. G. Green So Few are Free ix. 127 That is the trade in ‘schlenters’, bits of glass shaped roughly from bottle stoppers to resemble diamonds. They have none of the peculiar soapy feel of the genuine diamond, but they pass muster sometimes in a hurried deal at night.

1995 M. A. Diemont Brushes with Law x. 107 I still have the ‘schlenter’ in my possession with a dozen other similar fake diamonds.

†3. South African. Counterfeit gold. Obsolete.

ΚΠ

1898 Cape Argus (Weekly ed.) 16 Mar. 35 A small sack containing bars of gold or schlenter.

1911 D. Blackburn & W. W. Caddell Secret Service 132 He had paid £400 for a brick of gilded lead worth at least, at Johannesburg rates, elevenpence per pound. The gold of this standard is known as ‘Schlenter’ on the Rand.

1927 Wide World Mag. Dec. 190/1 Your ‘gold-bricks’ are made of schlenter—an admixture of copper and zinc—and as such are practically valueless!

B. adj.

Australian, New Zealand, and South African colloquial. Dishonest, crooked; counterfeit, fake. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > dissimulation, pretence > [adjective]

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phantom1897

1881 Evening Star (Dunedin, N.Z.) 26 Feb. There was also a good deal of talk on the course about certain racing men last evening publicly taking ‘shlenter’ wagers in order to benefit the bookmakers, and possibly themselves.

1891 A. de Brémont Gentleman Digger viii. 99 ‘Of course,’ whispers the seller who had pushed his way to the side of the buyer, ‘this sale was only shlenter.’

1892 J. R. Couper Mixed Humanity 263 A new branch of industry had started in Kimberley, the manufacture of ‘schlenter’ stones, a name given to diamonds made of glass.

1900 J. Scott Tales Colonial Turf 35 [These race-course rogues] can draw deductions so beautifully, piecing together imaginary ‘schlenter goes’, and ‘put-up jobs’ with the cleverness of a whole courtful..of lawyers.

1916 C. J. Dennis Songs Sentimental Bloke (new ed.) 55 The slanter game I'd played wiv my Doreen—..I seen wot made me feel fair rotten mean.

1981 P. Dale Great Houses of Constantia 149 Thirteen bars of gold..were in fact ‘schlenter gold’, which is brass mixed with other metals and gilded.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

schlenterv.

Brit.

/ˈʃlɛntə/, U.S.

/ˈʃlɛntər/, Australian English

/ˈʃlentə/, New Zealand English

/ˈʃlentə/, South African English

/ˈʃlentə/

Forms: 1800s– schlenter, 1800s shlinter, 1900s– slinter.

Origin: Probably formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: schlenter n.

Etymology: Probably < schlenter n. (although this is first attested slightly later).Dutch slenteren (see schlenter n. and adj.) only means ‘to idle, to dawdle, to loaf’, not ‘to cheat’.

colloquial (originally Australian and New Zealand, in later use chiefly South African). Now rare.

transitive. To trick, defraud, or take advantage of (a person). Also: to falsify or deceitfully manipulate (something); to achieve or acquire by irregular or underhand means.

ΚΠ

1859 Melbourne Punch 30 June 184/2 The perils and the hazards..of being ‘shlinter'd’, and of losing (which is worse) Both his credit and his character—besides, of course, his purse!

1885 Observer & Free Lance (Auckland, N.Z.) 25 Apr. 14/1 It is too bad to saddle him with the expenses... Though Peters is only a German, we can't allow him to be schlentered in that fashion.

1970 in Dict. S. Afr. Eng. on Hist. Princ. (1996) (at cited word) [Informant, Cape Town] They told her she couldn't pay by cheque but somehow she schlentered it and came home with the goods.

2009 Mercury (S. Afr.) (Nexis) 12 May 10 The latest in South Africa is ‘Travelgate’, the MPs who schlentered their travelling expenses.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	schlenter
释义	schlentern.adj. Brit. /ˈʃlɛntə/, U.S. /ˈʃlɛntər/, Australian English /ˈʃlentə/, New Zealand English /ˈʃlentə/, South African English /ˈʃlentə/ Forms: 1800s shlinter, 1800s–1900s schleinter, 1800s– schlenter, 1800s– schlinter, 1800s– shlenter, 1800s– slanter, 1800s– slenter, 1800s– slinter, 1900s shleinter, 1900s– schlanter, 1900s– shlanter. Origin: Probably a borrowing from Dutch. Etymon: Dutch slenter. Etymology: Probably < Dutch (now regional) slenter dishonest or crafty behaviour, trick (early 19th cent.; Afrikaans slenter ), specific semantic development of slenter act of loafing or tramping (early 18th cent.) < slenteren to be idle, to dawdle, to loaf (17th cent.), ultimately (with different suffix) < the same Germanic base as slide v. Compare Middle Low German slenteren (German regional (Low German) slendern , slentern ; > German schlendern to stroll (17th cent.)). Slightly earlier currency is probably implied by schlenter v.The history of this word is obscure; the Australian and New Zealand forms are perhaps borrowed from South African English, but the transmission route is unclear. Although a connection with Jewish people involved in the diamond trade has sometimes been suggested, there is no evidence supporting a Jewish or Yiddish origin (see further D. L. Gold in Leuvense Bijdragen (1984) 73 315–34). A. n. 1. colloquial (originally Australian and New Zealand, in later use also South African). A trick, a scam. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > [noun] > a trick, deception wrenchc888 swikec893 braida1000 craftOE wile1154 crookc1175 trokingc1175 guile?c1225 hocket1276 blink1303 errorc1320 guileryc1330 sleightc1340 knackc1369 deceitc1380 japec1380 gaudc1386 syllogism1387 mazec1390 mowa1393 train?a1400 trantc1400 abusionc1405 creekc1405 trickc1412 trayc1430 lirtc1440 quaint?a1450 touch1481 pawka1522 false point?1528 practice1533 crink1534 flim-flamc1538 bobc1540 fetcha1547 abuse1551 block1553 wrinklec1555 far-fetch?a1562 blirre1570 slampant1577 ruse1581 forgery1582 crank1588 plait1589 crossbite1591 cozenage1592 lock1598 quiblin1605 foist1607 junt1608 firk1611 overreach?1615 fob1622 ludification1623 knick-knacka1625 flam1632 dodge1638 gimcrack1639 fourbe1654 juggle1664 strategy1672 jilt1683 disingenuity1691 fun1699 jugglementa1708 spring1753 shavie1767 rig?1775 deception1794 Yorkshire bite1795 fakement1811 fake1829 practical1833 deceptivity1843 tread-behind1844 fly1861 schlenter1864 Sinonism1864 racket1869 have1885 ficelle1890 wheeze1903 fast one1912 roughie1914 spun-yarn trick1916 fastie1931 phoney baloney1933 fake-out1955 okey-doke1964 mind-fuck1971 1864 C. R. Thatcher Invercargill Minstrel 15 'Twas a ‘shlinter’ for the tenant one morning departed Without paying his rent. 1934 Bulletin (Sydney) 20 June 47/1 ‘You worked a schlenter on me, laddie,’ he said, grinning at me in the wings, ‘but you're forgiven.’ 1945 N.Z. Geographer 1 i. 24 Most [shearing] sheds have somebody articulate to voice their worries if any slinters are feared. 1959 G. Slatter Gun in my Hand xii. 166 Wilkinson..worked a slinter at the end. Ref shoulda penalised him. 1981 Sunday Times (Johannesburg) 22 Feb. 22 No one is going to sell a pass law schlenter to the straight-talking Ben Mokaetle. 2017 Cape Times (Nexis) 15 Mar. (E1 ed.) 6 This was my first exposure to people who delight in the pursuit of power, and the schlenters they resort to. 2. South African. A counterfeit diamond. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > forgery, falsification > [noun] > something false or forged > supposedly precious Martin chain?1550 puff ring1557 St Martin's rings1590 by-gold1611 schlenter1897 1897 G. Griffith in Boston Sunday Globe 1 Aug. 34/2 Good Lord, man, can't you see they're all schlenters? 1937 H. Klein Stage-coach Dust x. 112 Schlenters were also useful to the individual digger to drop into the pans of their rotating washing machine, to test the honesty of their native boys; and they were also useful to a more unscrupulous class to ‘salt’ diamondless claims. 1946 L. G. Green So Few are Free ix. 127 That is the trade in ‘schlenters’, bits of glass shaped roughly from bottle stoppers to resemble diamonds. They have none of the peculiar soapy feel of the genuine diamond, but they pass muster sometimes in a hurried deal at night. 1995 M. A. Diemont Brushes with Law x. 107 I still have the ‘schlenter’ in my possession with a dozen other similar fake diamonds. †3. South African. Counterfeit gold. Obsolete. ΚΠ 1898 Cape Argus (Weekly ed.) 16 Mar. 35 A small sack containing bars of gold or schlenter. 1911 D. Blackburn & W. W. Caddell Secret Service 132 He had paid £400 for a brick of gilded lead worth at least, at Johannesburg rates, elevenpence per pound. The gold of this standard is known as ‘Schlenter’ on the Rand. 1927 Wide World Mag. Dec. 190/1 Your ‘gold-bricks’ are made of schlenter—an admixture of copper and zinc—and as such are practically valueless! B. adj. Australian, New Zealand, and South African colloquial. Dishonest, crooked; counterfeit, fake. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > dissimulation, pretence > [adjective] fainta1340 counterfeit1393 pretense1395 feinta1400 feigned1413 disguisyc1430 colourable1433 pretending1434 simulate1435 dissimuled1475 simulative1490 coloureda1500 dissimulate?a1500 simuled1526 colorate1528 dissembled1539 mock1548 devised1552 pretended?1553 artificial1564 supposed1566 counterfeited1569 supposing?1574 affecteda1586 pretensive1607 false1609 supposite1611 simulara1616 simulatory1618 simulated1622 put-ona1625 ironic1631 ironical1646 devisable1659 pretensional1659 pretenced1660 pretensory1663 vizarded1663 shammed?c1677 sham1681 faux1684 fictitious1739 ostensible1762 made-up1773 mala fide1808 assumed1813 semblative1814 fictioned1820 pretextual1837 pseudo1854 fictive1855 schlenter1881 faked1890 phoney1893 phantom1897 1881 Evening Star (Dunedin, N.Z.) 26 Feb. There was also a good deal of talk on the course about certain racing men last evening publicly taking ‘shlenter’ wagers in order to benefit the bookmakers, and possibly themselves. 1891 A. de Brémont Gentleman Digger viii. 99 ‘Of course,’ whispers the seller who had pushed his way to the side of the buyer, ‘this sale was only shlenter.’ 1892 J. R. Couper Mixed Humanity 263 A new branch of industry had started in Kimberley, the manufacture of ‘schlenter’ stones, a name given to diamonds made of glass. 1900 J. Scott Tales Colonial Turf 35 [These race-course rogues] can draw deductions so beautifully, piecing together imaginary ‘schlenter goes’, and ‘put-up jobs’ with the cleverness of a whole courtful..of lawyers. 1916 C. J. Dennis Songs Sentimental Bloke (new ed.) 55 The slanter game I'd played wiv my Doreen—..I seen wot made me feel fair rotten mean. 1981 P. Dale Great Houses of Constantia 149 Thirteen bars of gold..were in fact ‘schlenter gold’, which is brass mixed with other metals and gilded. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022). schlenterv. Brit. /ˈʃlɛntə/, U.S. /ˈʃlɛntər/, Australian English /ˈʃlentə/, New Zealand English /ˈʃlentə/, South African English /ˈʃlentə/ Forms: 1800s– schlenter, 1800s shlinter, 1900s– slinter. Origin: Probably formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: schlenter n. Etymology: Probably < schlenter n. (although this is first attested slightly later).Dutch slenteren (see schlenter n. and adj.) only means ‘to idle, to dawdle, to loaf’, not ‘to cheat’. colloquial (originally Australian and New Zealand, in later use chiefly South African). Now rare. transitive. To trick, defraud, or take advantage of (a person). Also: to falsify or deceitfully manipulate (something); to achieve or acquire by irregular or underhand means. ΚΠ 1859 Melbourne Punch 30 June 184/2 The perils and the hazards..of being ‘shlinter'd’, and of losing (which is worse) Both his credit and his character—besides, of course, his purse! 1885 Observer & Free Lance (Auckland, N.Z.) 25 Apr. 14/1 It is too bad to saddle him with the expenses... Though Peters is only a German, we can't allow him to be schlentered in that fashion. 1970 in Dict. S. Afr. Eng. on Hist. Princ. (1996) (at cited word) [Informant, Cape Town] They told her she couldn't pay by cheque but somehow she schlentered it and came home with the goods. 2009 Mercury (S. Afr.) (Nexis) 12 May 10 The latest in South Africa is ‘Travelgate’, the MPs who schlentered their travelling expenses. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.1864v.1859
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