scowbankern.

Forms: Also 1700s scou-, -bancker, 1800s skow-, skull-.

Etymology: Of obscure origin. Adm. Smyth ( Sailor's Word-bk., 1867) gives a word scow-banker with the explanation ‘a manager of a scow’; but this is probably a mistake.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈscowbanker.

slang (? and dialect).

A loafer (see quots.). Also, †a person who engages in unfair business practices, a dishonest or unscrupulous trader.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > trader > [noun] > unfair or dishonest

shop thief1613

dudder1746

scowbanker1750

the world > action or operation > inaction > disinclination to act or listlessness > sloth or laziness > [noun] > lazy person > an idler or loafer

lurdanc1330

player1340

moochera1425

loon?c1450

lounger?a1513

idler1534

rest man1542

holiday-woman1548

baty bummill1568

bummill baty1568

friar-fly?1577

idol1579

lingerer1579

loll1582

idleby1589

shit-rags1598

blaitie bum1602

idle1635

Lollard1635

loiterer1684

saunterer1688

scobberlotchera1697

bumble1786

quisby1789

waffler1805

shoat1808

loafer1830

bummer1855

dead beat1863

bum1864

scowbanker1864

schnorrer1875

scowbank1881

ikey1906

layabout1932

lie-about1937

spine-basher1946

limer1964

1750 G. G. Beekman Let. 4 Dec. in Beekman Mercantile Papers (1956) I. 136 You may thank a Sett of People Called Scowbanckers..that Seed has Run so high this two years past. Our town is full of them and there is Scarce a Vessell Comes along the wharffe but there is Imediately a half a Dozen of Them aboard bidding against Each other.

1764 G. G. Beekman Let. 30 Nov. in Beekman Mercantile Papers (1956) I. 478 Our Vandue houses are Crowded with Linens for Sale belonging to the Scoubankers who are Offering of it from house to house for Less then Prime Cost which hurts the merchant much.

1864 J. C. Hotten Slang Dict. (new ed.) 233 Skow-Banker, a fellow who loiters about the premises of any one willing to support him without the necessity of working for his living; a rogue, a rascal. Common at Melbourne, Australia.

1866 A. Michie Retrospects & Prospects 9 A skull-banker is a species of the genus loafer... He is a haunter of stations, and lives on the squatters,..affecting to seek work and determining not to find it.

1898 E. E. Morris Austral Eng. Skull~banker, or Scowbanker, a slang name in Australia for a loafer, a tramp.

Derivatives

ˈscowbank v. (intransitive) to loaf.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > inaction > disinclination to act or listlessness > sloth or laziness > be slothful or lazy [verb (intransitive)] > idle or loaf

luskc1330

lubber1530

to play the truant, -s1560

lazea1592

lazy1612

meecha1625

lounge1671

saunter1672

sloungea1682

slive1707

soss1711

lolpoop1722

muzz1758

shack1787

hulkc1793

creolize1802

maroon1808

shackle1809

sidle1828

slinge1834

sossle1837

loaf1838

mike1838

to sit around1844

hawm1847

wanton1847

sozzle1848

mooch1851

slosh1854

bum1857

flane1876

slummock1877

dead-beat1881

to lop about1881

scow1901

scowbank1901

stall1916

doss1937

plotz1941

lig1960

loon1969

1901 F. E. Taylor Folk-speech S. Lancs. in Eng. Dial. Dict. He does nowt bu' skeaw-bank abeawt o day.

ˈscowbank n. = scowbanker n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > inaction > disinclination to act or listlessness > sloth or laziness > [noun] > lazy person > an idler or loafer

lurdanc1330

player1340

moochera1425

loon?c1450

lounger?a1513

idler1534

rest man1542

holiday-woman1548

baty bummill1568

bummill baty1568

friar-fly?1577

idol1579

lingerer1579

loll1582

idleby1589

shit-rags1598

blaitie bum1602

idle1635

Lollard1635

loiterer1684

saunterer1688

scobberlotchera1697

bumble1786

quisby1789

waffler1805

shoat1808

loafer1830

bummer1855

dead beat1863

bum1864

scowbanker1864

schnorrer1875

scowbank1881

ikey1906

layabout1932

lie-about1937

spine-basher1946

limer1964

1881 W. C. Russell Sailor's Sweetheart I. ii. 44 A sprinkling of black-browed scowbanks from Mediterranean ports.

ˈscowbanking adj. and n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > inaction > disinclination to act or listlessness > sloth or laziness > [adjective] > idling or loafing

loiteringa1533

truanting1635

sauntering1672

dawdling1773

shackling1788

lounging1789

louting1836

lubbering1837

loafing1857

mitching1857

scowbanking1868

shacking1881

1868 B. Brierley Fratchingtons iii. 40 If skeawbankin' fro aleheause to aleheause isno' drinkin', what is?

1891 S. O. Addy Suppl. Gloss. Words Sheffield 49 He's a scow-banking sort of fellow!

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	scowbanker
释义	scowbankern. Forms: Also 1700s scou-, -bancker, 1800s skow-, skull-. Etymology: Of obscure origin. Adm. Smyth ( Sailor's Word-bk., 1867) gives a word scow-banker with the explanation ‘a manager of a scow’; but this is probably a mistake.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈscowbanker. slang (? and dialect). A loafer (see quots.). Also, †a person who engages in unfair business practices, a dishonest or unscrupulous trader. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > trader > [noun] > unfair or dishonest shop thief1613 dudder1746 scowbanker1750 the world > action or operation > inaction > disinclination to act or listlessness > sloth or laziness > [noun] > lazy person > an idler or loafer lurdanc1330 player1340 moochera1425 loon?c1450 lounger?a1513 idler1534 rest man1542 holiday-woman1548 baty bummill1568 bummill baty1568 friar-fly?1577 idol1579 lingerer1579 loll1582 idleby1589 shit-rags1598 blaitie bum1602 idle1635 Lollard1635 loiterer1684 saunterer1688 scobberlotchera1697 bumble1786 quisby1789 waffler1805 shoat1808 loafer1830 bummer1855 dead beat1863 bum1864 scowbanker1864 schnorrer1875 scowbank1881 ikey1906 layabout1932 lie-about1937 spine-basher1946 limer1964 1750 G. G. Beekman Let. 4 Dec. in Beekman Mercantile Papers (1956) I. 136 You may thank a Sett of People Called Scowbanckers..that Seed has Run so high this two years past. Our town is full of them and there is Scarce a Vessell Comes along the wharffe but there is Imediately a half a Dozen of Them aboard bidding against Each other. 1764 G. G. Beekman Let. 30 Nov. in Beekman Mercantile Papers (1956) I. 478 Our Vandue houses are Crowded with Linens for Sale belonging to the Scoubankers who are Offering of it from house to house for Less then Prime Cost which hurts the merchant much. 1864 J. C. Hotten Slang Dict. (new ed.) 233 Skow-Banker, a fellow who loiters about the premises of any one willing to support him without the necessity of working for his living; a rogue, a rascal. Common at Melbourne, Australia. 1866 A. Michie Retrospects & Prospects 9 A skull-banker is a species of the genus loafer... He is a haunter of stations, and lives on the squatters,..affecting to seek work and determining not to find it. 1898 E. E. Morris Austral Eng. Skull~banker, or Scowbanker, a slang name in Australia for a loafer, a tramp. Derivatives ˈscowbank v. (intransitive) to loaf. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > inaction > disinclination to act or listlessness > sloth or laziness > be slothful or lazy [verb (intransitive)] > idle or loaf luskc1330 lubber1530 to play the truant, -s1560 lazea1592 lazy1612 meecha1625 lounge1671 saunter1672 sloungea1682 slive1707 soss1711 lolpoop1722 muzz1758 shack1787 hulkc1793 creolize1802 maroon1808 shackle1809 sidle1828 slinge1834 sossle1837 loaf1838 mike1838 to sit around1844 hawm1847 wanton1847 sozzle1848 mooch1851 slosh1854 bum1857 flane1876 slummock1877 dead-beat1881 to lop about1881 scow1901 scowbank1901 stall1916 doss1937 plotz1941 lig1960 loon1969 1901 F. E. Taylor Folk-speech S. Lancs. in Eng. Dial. Dict. He does nowt bu' skeaw-bank abeawt o day. ˈscowbank n. = scowbanker n. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > inaction > disinclination to act or listlessness > sloth or laziness > [noun] > lazy person > an idler or loafer lurdanc1330 player1340 moochera1425 loon?c1450 lounger?a1513 idler1534 rest man1542 holiday-woman1548 baty bummill1568 bummill baty1568 friar-fly?1577 idol1579 lingerer1579 loll1582 idleby1589 shit-rags1598 blaitie bum1602 idle1635 Lollard1635 loiterer1684 saunterer1688 scobberlotchera1697 bumble1786 quisby1789 waffler1805 shoat1808 loafer1830 bummer1855 dead beat1863 bum1864 scowbanker1864 schnorrer1875 scowbank1881 ikey1906 layabout1932 lie-about1937 spine-basher1946 limer1964 1881 W. C. Russell Sailor's Sweetheart I. ii. 44 A sprinkling of black-browed scowbanks from Mediterranean ports. ˈscowbanking adj. and n. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > inaction > disinclination to act or listlessness > sloth or laziness > [adjective] > idling or loafing loiteringa1533 truanting1635 sauntering1672 dawdling1773 shackling1788 lounging1789 louting1836 lubbering1837 loafing1857 mitching1857 scowbanking1868 shacking1881 1868 B. Brierley Fratchingtons iii. 40 If skeawbankin' fro aleheause to aleheause isno' drinkin', what is? 1891 S. O. Addy Suppl. Gloss. Words Sheffield 49 He's a scow-banking sort of fellow! This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1750
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