单词 | shover |
释义 | shovern.1 a. One who or something which shoves, in senses of the verb. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > impelling or driving > pushing and pulling > [noun] > pushing > one who or that which shover?a1513 thristar?a1513 thruster1598 pusher1859 a1513 W. Dunbar Poems (1998) I. 223 Schulderaris and schowaris that hes no schame. 1893 Cycl. Rev. Current Hist. (U.S.) 3 287 A difference between the lumber shovers and the lumber~men. 1893 Cycl. Rev. Current Hist. (U.S.) 3 287 The lockout of the shovers continued. 1901 Daily Chron. 12 Dec. 6/3 The Cambridge forwards were ‘shovers’ and nothing else. b. slang. One who passes base coin. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > money > circulation of money > [noun] > passing of money > passing of counterfeits > person who outera1415 outputter1574 smasher1795 shoful-pitcher1839 shofulman1851 shover1859 varnisher1864 passer1929 dropper1938 1859 National Police Gaz. (U.S.) 14 May 4/3 A ‘shover’ named Flynn,..obtained a quantity of ‘queer’ and went with it to Mrs. Beemer's house and left it on her table. 1877 J. Habberton Jericho Road 186 Your bosses..are the smartest shovers of counterfeit money in the whole West. 1889 Harper's Weekly 21 Sept. 768/1 Eight persons, mostly ‘shovers’ or passers, were arrested in Russo's gang. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online September 2018). shovern.2 humorous. = chauffeur n. ΘΚΠ society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > driving or operating a vehicle > driver or operator of vehicle > [noun] > driver of motor vehicle > chauffeur chauffeur1902 shover1905 1905 S. A. Barnett Let. 17 Aug. in H. Barnett Canon S. A. Barnett (1918) II. xli. 192 Dick Batston had to leave us and we are waiting here till a ‘shover’ comes from London... Dick drives splendidly. 1908 Daily Chron. 8 May 3/3 A motor-car and a gentleman ‘shuvver’. 1912 World 5 Nov. 707/2 She can drive as well as any ‘shuver’. 1913 Daily News 23 June 11 We were thrown out, and Dane, that's my shover, you know, has got a nasty knock on the head. 1914 Professional Chauffeurs' Club Jrnl. May 15/2 When Tommy, the bad boy of the family, has received the Order of the Boot..his fond mama..says, ‘Let us make him a shuvver.’ 1925 Chambers's Jrnl. Feb. 146/1 Joseph—our ‘shover’—was in the back of the car. 1932 E. M. Keate Mimic vi ‘Paulett come and shove for me on Monday... My shover's ill.’ Timothy enjoyed ‘shoving’. 1953 J. Trench Docken Dead ix. 127 Sir R. went out first to tell the shuvver to bring the car round to the front. 1974 E. Lemarchand Buried in Past v. 95 It was class, for one thing. His Dad had been shovver to old Mrs P's mother and father. 1976 ‘J. Charlton’ Remington Set xiii. 63 Rabbiting on with the Pritchards' shover. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1?a1513n.21905 |
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