单词 | slummocking |
释义 | slummockingadj. colloquial and regional (esp. English regional, Australian, and New Zealand). Now somewhat rare. 1. Slovenly, untidy, careless.In early use esp. of a woman. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > carelessness > [adjective] > careless, not thorough overlyc1450 superficialc1456 sloven1532 sloven-like1569 perfunctory1592 slovenly1592 perfunctorious1599 cursory1601 cursorarya1616 slighty1619 cursitory1632 touch and go1682 passant1685 skimming1728 slapdashc1792 lax1812 slap-bang1815 slummocking1825 slobbery1832 percursory1837 slipshod1845 slip-string1854 slummocky1855 free and easy1864 unthorough1868 slurring1880 slummy1881 sploshy1881 skimmy1893 surfacy1975 drive-through1994 the world > relative properties > order > disorder > confusion or disorder > untidiness > [adjective] untidya1375 unred1528 sluttish?1529 untrimmed?1529 untrick1570 untrim1570 shevelled1613 hirsute1621 incompta1628 messy1627 unneat1648 tawdry1672 slattern1680 bunting1759 untrig1821 sloggering1825 slummocking1825 scrambling1826 poucey1829 anyhow1831 mullocky1839 ragtail1846 mussy1859 slubbery1880 unshipshape1883 mussed1888 slummocky1898 ruggy1929 idle1956 1825 J. Jennings Observ. Dial. W. Eng. Gloss. 70 Slomaking, untidy; slatternly: applied to females. 1847 H. Mayhew & A. S. Mayhew Good Genius xvi. 43 A nasty slommicking bit of goods, with her things all hanging about her anyhow. 1889 Tinsleys' Mag. Sept. 423 Dirty, shabby frocks and slommicking dressing-gowns, such as your cook would be ashamed to wear. 1901 Barrier Miner (Broken Hill, New S. Wales) 16 Oct. We have got into untidy, ‘slummocking’ ways. 1913 Otago Witness (Dunedin, N.Z.) 30 Apr. 82/5 It had been his father's pride that there was no slummocking, slip-shod work. 1978 S. Radley Death & Maiden iv. 37 I doubt if Mary..ever went round to see him. Not that you could blame her. They're a slummocking family..always have been. 2. Of a person or his or her walk or movement: ungainly, clumsy, awkward (also occasionally used of an animal, esp. a racehorse). ΚΠ 1828 W. Carr Dial. Craven (ed. 2) Slammocking, moving awkwardly. 1841 C. H. Hartshorne Salopia Antiqua Gloss. Slommacking, slammaching, unwieldy, clumsy. Ex. ‘A big slommacking homan.’ 1869 Weekly Times (Melbourne) 6 Nov. 4/4 Traverton..has a ‘slummocking’ way of moving which does not impress favourably. 1873 Daily News 30 Aug. 5/6 His high cheek bones and slommocking gait. 1893 Otago Witness (Dunedin, N.Z.) 2 Nov. 30/4 The Sailor Prince is a great, loose, slummocking youngster, who was bound to ‘splatther’ about in the heavy going. 1919 Narracoorte (S. Austral.) Herald 20 May He heard Tom call him a big slommicking b—— after he struck him. 1960 R. Collier House called Memory iv. 53 A big slummocking girl with cropped hair and braying laugh, as awkward around the house as a young bullock. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2020; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1825 |
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