单词 | shake-bag |
释义 | shake-bagn. Obsolete exc. dialect. 1. Cock-fighting. (See quots. 16881, 1709). Cf. shack-bag n. 2. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Galliformes (fowls) > family Phasianidae (pheasants, etc.) > hen or cock > [noun] > cock > fighting cock > kinds of turn-poke1615 shake-bag1663 heeler1688 game bantam1831 tassel-cock1898 1663 State-Scuffle 3 And when two shake-bags are thrown out, To try the Battel yet in doubt, When weary still they wheele about More eager. 1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory ii. 252/1 A Shake-bag, is a Cock turned out of the Bag to fight another Cock, unsight, unseen, or unmatched; a Battle at a venture. 1688 London Gaz. No. 2328/4 40 Cocks on each side will be shewn... And every Battel 5 l. each side, and 50 l. the odd Battel, and four Shake Bags for 10 l. each Cock. 1709 R. H. Royal Pastime Cock-fighting iv. 19 Yet are these Birds commonly reduced into two sorts only,..the great Game Cock, or Shake-bag, and the little Match, or Battle-Cock. 1777 T. Swift Gamblers i. 829 The Pit shall roar, fierce Shake-bag flap the wing. 1881 H. Smith & C. R. Smith Isle of Wight Words Shakebag, a game-cock of the largest size. 2. A rogue, scoundrel. Also (see quots. 1796, 1823 at sense 3). Cf. shack-bag n. 1. [Compare the following: 1592 Arden of Feversham (title page) His..wife, who..hyred two desperate ruffins Blackwill and Shakbag, to kill him. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > roguery > rogue > [noun] harlot?c1225 truantc1290 shreward1297 boyc1300 lidderon13.. cokinc1330 pautenerc1330 bribera1387 bricouna1400 losarda1400 rascal?a1400 custronc1400 knapea1450 sloven?a1475 limmerc1485 knavatec1506 smaik?1507 smy?1507 koken?a1513 swinger1513 Cock Lorel?1518 pedlar's French1530 varletc1540 losthope?c1550 makeshift1554 wild rogue1567 miligant1568 rogue1568 crack-halter1573 rascallion1582 schelm1584 scoundrel1589 scaba1592 bezonian1592 slave1592 rampallion1593 Scanderbeg1601 roly-poly1602 canter1608 cantler1611 gue1612 fraudsman1613 Cathayana1616 crack-hempa1616 foiterer1616 tilt1620 picaro1622 picaroon1629 sheepmanc1640 rapscallion1648 scaramouch1677 fripon1691 trickster1711 shake-bag1794 sinner1809 cad1838 badmash1843 scattermouch1892 jazzbo1914 society > morality > moral evil > wickedness > roguery, knavery, or rascalry > [noun] > rogue, knave, or rascal harlot?c1225 knavec1275 truantc1290 shreward1297 boinarda1300 boyc1300 lidderon13.. cokinc1330 pautenerc1330 bribera1387 bricouna1400 losarda1400 rascal?a1400 knapea1450 lotterela1450 limmerc1485 Tutivillus1498 knavatec1506 smy?1507 koken?a1513 swinger1513 Cock Lorel?1518 pedlar's French1530 cust1535 rabiator1535 varletc1540 Jack1548 kern1556 wild rogue1567 miligant1568 rogue1568 tutiviller1568 rascallion1582 schelm1584 scoundrel1589 rampallion1593 Scanderbeg1601 scroyle1602 canter1608 cantler1611 skelm1611 gue1612 Cathayana1616 foiterer1616 tilt1620 picaro1622 picaroon1629 sheepmanc1640 rapscallion1648 marrow1656 Algerine1671 scaramouch1677 fripon1691 shake-bag1794 badling1825 tiger1827 two-for-his-heels1837 ral1846 skeezicks1850 nut1882 gun1890 scattermouch1892 tug1896 natkhat1901 jazzbo1914 scutter1940 bar steward1945 hoor1965 1794 Sporting Mag. 3 104 Being estimated..by the blacklegs, rooks and shakebags as a complete knowing one. 1796 Grose's Classical Dict. Vulgar Tongue (ed. 3) Shag-bag, or Shake-bag, a poor sneaking fellow, a man of no spirit: a term borrowed from the cock-pit. 3. attributive. ΚΠ 1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory ii. xi. 252 Shake-back [sic] Battle, is a fight between two Cocks unmatched, unsight, unseen. 1823 ‘J. Bee’ Slang Shake-bag match—in cocking; the fighting adventitiously, or guessing at weights and pairing, while the fowls are still in their respective bags. ‘A Shake-bag fellow’, if he be no pick-pocket, is at least a seedy cove. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online September 2020). < n.1663 |
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