scissorbilln.

Brit.

/ˈsɪzəbɪl/, U.S.

/ˈsɪzərˌbɪl/

Forms:

α. 1800s– scissorbill.

β. 1800s– scissors-bill.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: scissors n., bill n.²

Etymology: In α. forms < the singular of scissors n. + bill n.² In β. forms < scissors n. + bill n.²In sense 1 so called on account of the shape of its prominent bill, with lower mandible longer than the upper mandible. Compare similarly scissor beak n. The motivation for use in sense 2 is uncertain; it may perhaps result from comparison of the rapid motion of the pig to that of the bird, perhaps with allusion also to its sharp tusks. Uses in senses 3a and 3b are probably informed by association with both the bird and the pig.

1. A skimmer (the bird); = skimmer n. 5. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > birds > order Charadriiformes > [noun] > member of genus Rhynchops > rhynchops nigra (black skimmer)

cutwater1733

razorbill1791

shear-bill1793

shearwater1794

scissor beak1833

scissorbill1833

1833 Weekly Visitor 13 Aug. 289/1 The bird of which we have given a faithful representation at the head of this article, is the skimmer, or scissor-bill, (rhynchops nigra. L.).

1839 T. Beale Nat. Hist. Sperm Whale 212 The large grey pelican, the scissors-bill and diver.

1869–73 T. R. Jones tr. A. E. Brehm Cassell's Bk. Birds IV. 185 The Indian Scissor~bill (Rhynchops orientalis).

1904 A. Le Messurier Game, Shore & Water Birds India (ed. 4) 229 (heading) Subfamily Rhynchopinæ. Skimmers or Scissors-bills.

a1933 J. A. Thomson Biol. for Everyman (1934) I. xx. 534 Some birds, like the scissorbill (Rhynchops), have bills so sharp-edged that they could not readily compress their preen-gland.

2011 Berkshire Eagle (Pittsfield, Mass.) (Nexis) 12 Oct. We again spend an inordinate amount of time watching the skimmers, sometimes called quite appropriately cut-waters, scissorbills, knifebills, [etc.].

2. U.S. A razorback pig; = razorback n. 1c. Now historical.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > order Artiodactyla (cloven-hoofed animals) > pig > [noun] > defined by parts

razor-backed hog1836

razorback1845

scissorbill1871

1871 Atlantic Monthly Nov. 566/2 Pootiest band of hogs in Tulare County! There's littler of the real sissor-bill nor Mexican racer stock than any band I have ever seen in the State.

1905 Galveston (Texas) Daily News 9 Apr. 22/3 The market on razor-backs, scissor bills and commons remains unchanged.

1996 A. Green Calf's Head & Union Tale xxxiii. 129 The half-wild, long-tusked razorback hog (also scissorbill, landshark, or Carolina racer)—hungry and destructive.

3. North American slang (chiefly derogatory).

a. Used in various senses to denote a person; spec. (a) a foolish or incompetent person; (b) an unsophisticated person from the country; a yokel, a hick.

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society > society and the community > social class > the common people > specific classes of common people > peasant or rustic > [noun] > rude or ignorant

chuffc1440

mobarda1450

lob1533

lobcocka1556

clown1565

hick1565

bumpkin1570

swad1572

peasant1576

hob-clunch1578

hoblob1582

clubhutchen1584

bacon1598

boor1598

hobbinol1600

homespun1600

loblolly lamb1600

lob-coat1604

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hobnail1645

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bacon-slicer1653

jobson1660

hob-thrush1682

country put1688

put1688

country cousin1692

clodhopper1699

hawbuck1787

Johnny Raw1803

joskin1811

yokel1819

whopstraw1821

chaw-bacon1822

lobeline1844

country jake1845

Hoosier1846

hayseed1851

Reuben1855

scissorbill1876

agricole1882

country jay1888

rube1891

jasper1896

farmer1903

stump jumper1936

woop woop1936

potato head1948

no-neck1961

1876 Sullivan (Indiana) Democrat 4 Oct. 1/7 Then Mr. Buff took the stand after singing, and spoke one hour and two minutes. Then came Scissor Bill, and raved and pitched, and frothed at the mouth.

1906 Jrnl.-Advance (Gentry, Arkansas) 16 Feb. In an unfortunate moment some thoughtless tongue applied the term ‘Scissor Bill’ to the old residents of north Arkansas.

1908 Billboard 15 Aug. 24/2 Asked a scissors-bill, how far to town, same old story, ‘ten miles.’

1913 Collier's 15 Nov. 7/2 Mentally noting the populace of Chadwick as ‘hicks, scissor bills and ghouls’,..the aviator strolled back to the 'plane.

1931 ‘B. Starke’ Touch & Go xvi. 259 Dick praised me for not saying anything. ‘You're not a scissor-bill.’ A scissor-bill was a woman who gossiped and nagged and was bad generally.

1961 R. P. Hobson Rancher takes Wife iii. 56 The hell you did, you big scissorbill, you stepped on my bum leg and my hand both.

1988 P. J. O'Rourke Holidays in Hell 102 The pack of muck spouts, scissors bills, jacklegs and goons who used to be in charge.

1999 Guelph (Ont.) Mercury (Nexis) 26 Sept. a5 I wish I'd laughed more at all those goofy things the kids did. They were funny little scissor-bills.

b. Among the Industrial Workers of the World: a foolish or self-interested worker who refuses to join a trade union or otherwise lacks class consciousness. Now historical.The exact sense in quot. 1909 is uncertain.

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society > occupation and work > worker > [noun]

man1381

workera1382

labourerc1400

piner1497

pair of hands1598

operator1611

operatist1651

operative1809

operant1831

ouvrier1845

scissorbill1910

rehire1927

1909 Industr. Worker 29 Apr. 4/3 E. J. Foote is organizing in Portland and reports encouraging prospects from that scissor-bill town.]

1910 Industr. Worker 2 July 2/2 The scissorbill is like Tom Paine—the world is his country.

1913 ‘J. Hill’ in Industr. Worker 6 Feb. 2/4 Don't try to talk your union dope to Scissor Bill, He says he never organized and never will.

1914 Calif. Outlook 14 Mar. 7/2 They had been told..to ‘knock the blocks off the scissor bills’.

1936 K. Mackenzie Living Rough viii. 119 ‘Don't be a scissorbill,’ Hank said. ‘Why don't you devote your abilities to help bring on the revolution?’

1974 Sat. Night (Toronto) Jan. 32/3 The relief inspectors and employment office clerks (scissorbills and slave-dealers as the old Wobblies called them).

2006 Western Folklore 65 34 A Wobbly hemmed in by scissorbills.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	scissorbill
释义	scissorbilln. Brit. /ˈsɪzəbɪl/, U.S. /ˈsɪzərˌbɪl/ Forms: α. 1800s– scissorbill. β. 1800s– scissors-bill. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: scissors n., bill n.² Etymology: In α. forms < the singular of scissors n. + bill n.² In β. forms < scissors n. + bill n.²In sense 1 so called on account of the shape of its prominent bill, with lower mandible longer than the upper mandible. Compare similarly scissor beak n. The motivation for use in sense 2 is uncertain; it may perhaps result from comparison of the rapid motion of the pig to that of the bird, perhaps with allusion also to its sharp tusks. Uses in senses 3a and 3b are probably informed by association with both the bird and the pig. 1. A skimmer (the bird); = skimmer n. 5. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Charadriiformes > [noun] > member of genus Rhynchops > rhynchops nigra (black skimmer) cutwater1733 razorbill1791 shear-bill1793 shearwater1794 scissor beak1833 scissorbill1833 1833 Weekly Visitor 13 Aug. 289/1 The bird of which we have given a faithful representation at the head of this article, is the skimmer, or scissor-bill, (rhynchops nigra. L.). 1839 T. Beale Nat. Hist. Sperm Whale 212 The large grey pelican, the scissors-bill and diver. 1869–73 T. R. Jones tr. A. E. Brehm Cassell's Bk. Birds IV. 185 The Indian Scissor~bill (Rhynchops orientalis). 1904 A. Le Messurier Game, Shore & Water Birds India (ed. 4) 229 (heading) Subfamily Rhynchopinæ. Skimmers or Scissors-bills. a1933 J. A. Thomson Biol. for Everyman (1934) I. xx. 534 Some birds, like the scissorbill (Rhynchops), have bills so sharp-edged that they could not readily compress their preen-gland. 2011 Berkshire Eagle (Pittsfield, Mass.) (Nexis) 12 Oct. We again spend an inordinate amount of time watching the skimmers, sometimes called quite appropriately cut-waters, scissorbills, knifebills, [etc.]. 2. U.S. A razorback pig; = razorback n. 1c. Now historical. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > order Artiodactyla (cloven-hoofed animals) > pig > [noun] > defined by parts razor-backed hog1836 razorback1845 scissorbill1871 1871 Atlantic Monthly Nov. 566/2 Pootiest band of hogs in Tulare County! There's littler of the real sissor-bill nor Mexican racer stock than any band I have ever seen in the State. 1905 Galveston (Texas) Daily News 9 Apr. 22/3 The market on razor-backs, scissor bills and commons remains unchanged. 1996 A. Green Calf's Head & Union Tale xxxiii. 129 The half-wild, long-tusked razorback hog (also scissorbill, landshark, or Carolina racer)—hungry and destructive. 3. North American slang (chiefly derogatory). a. Used in various senses to denote a person; spec. (a) a foolish or incompetent person; (b) an unsophisticated person from the country; a yokel, a hick. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social class > the common people > specific classes of common people > peasant or rustic > [noun] > rude or ignorant chuffc1440 mobarda1450 lob1533 lobcocka1556 clown1565 hick1565 bumpkin1570 swad1572 peasant1576 hob-clunch1578 hoblob1582 clubhutchen1584 bacon1598 boor1598 hobbinol1600 homespun1600 loblolly lamb1600 lob-coat1604 loblolly1604 hobnail1645 champkina1652 bacon-slicer1653 jobson1660 hob-thrush1682 country put1688 put1688 country cousin1692 clodhopper1699 hawbuck1787 Johnny Raw1803 joskin1811 yokel1819 whopstraw1821 chaw-bacon1822 lobeline1844 country jake1845 Hoosier1846 hayseed1851 Reuben1855 scissorbill1876 agricole1882 country jay1888 rube1891 jasper1896 farmer1903 stump jumper1936 woop woop1936 potato head1948 no-neck1961 1876 Sullivan (Indiana) Democrat 4 Oct. 1/7 Then Mr. Buff took the stand after singing, and spoke one hour and two minutes. Then came Scissor Bill, and raved and pitched, and frothed at the mouth. 1906 Jrnl.-Advance (Gentry, Arkansas) 16 Feb. In an unfortunate moment some thoughtless tongue applied the term ‘Scissor Bill’ to the old residents of north Arkansas. 1908 Billboard 15 Aug. 24/2 Asked a scissors-bill, how far to town, same old story, ‘ten miles.’ 1913 Collier's 15 Nov. 7/2 Mentally noting the populace of Chadwick as ‘hicks, scissor bills and ghouls’,..the aviator strolled back to the 'plane. 1931 ‘B. Starke’ Touch & Go xvi. 259 Dick praised me for not saying anything. ‘You're not a scissor-bill.’ A scissor-bill was a woman who gossiped and nagged and was bad generally. 1961 R. P. Hobson Rancher takes Wife iii. 56 The hell you did, you big scissorbill, you stepped on my bum leg and my hand both. 1988 P. J. O'Rourke Holidays in Hell 102 The pack of muck spouts, scissors bills, jacklegs and goons who used to be in charge. 1999 Guelph (Ont.) Mercury (Nexis) 26 Sept. a5 I wish I'd laughed more at all those goofy things the kids did. They were funny little scissor-bills. b. Among the Industrial Workers of the World: a foolish or self-interested worker who refuses to join a trade union or otherwise lacks class consciousness. Now historical.The exact sense in quot. 1909 is uncertain. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > worker > [noun] man1381 workera1382 labourerc1400 piner1497 pair of hands1598 operator1611 operatist1651 operative1809 operant1831 ouvrier1845 scissorbill1910 rehire1927 1909 Industr. Worker 29 Apr. 4/3 E. J. Foote is organizing in Portland and reports encouraging prospects from that scissor-bill town.] 1910 Industr. Worker 2 July 2/2 The scissorbill is like Tom Paine—the world is his country. 1913 ‘J. Hill’ in Industr. Worker 6 Feb. 2/4 Don't try to talk your union dope to Scissor Bill, He says he never organized and never will. 1914 Calif. Outlook 14 Mar. 7/2 They had been told..to ‘knock the blocks off the scissor bills’. 1936 K. Mackenzie Living Rough viii. 119 ‘Don't be a scissorbill,’ Hank said. ‘Why don't you devote your abilities to help bring on the revolution?’ 1974 Sat. Night (Toronto) Jan. 32/3 The relief inspectors and employment office clerks (scissorbills and slave-dealers as the old Wobblies called them). 2006 Western Folklore 65 34 A Wobbly hemmed in by scissorbills. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1833
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