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单词 sneaker
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sneakern.

Brit. /ˈsniːkə/, U.S. /ˈsnikər/
Etymology: < sneak v.
1. A person or animal that sneaks; a sneak.
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the mind > goodness and badness > wrongdoing > sneakiness > sneaky person > [noun]
snuch1579
sheep-biter?1589
sneaker1598
roundabout1605
sneaka1643
sneaks1653
creepa1876
society > morality > moral evil > lack of principle or integrity > [noun] > underhandedness or sneakiness > person
snuch1579
sheep-biter?1589
sneaker1598
sneaka1643
sneaks1653
creepa1876
1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes Origlione, an eauesdropper, a listner,..a sneaker, a lurking knaue.
a1627 T. Middleton No Wit (1657) iv. 98 I thought they were some such sneakers.
1638 R. Burton Anat. Melancholy (ed. 5) iii. ii. iii. 515 A long leane rawbone, a skeleton, a sneaker.
1715 T. Hearne Remarks & Coll. (1901) V. 66 He being one of the Sneakers and terribly afraid of disobliging the debauched Court of K. George.
a1734 R. North Examen (1740) iii. viii. §37 611 The Courtiers that were more used to Sneakers, than to Men of clear Courage.
1800 S. T. Coleridge tr. F. Schiller Piccolomini ii. xiv. 119 Not a sneeker among us, thank heaven.
1826 W. Scott Jrnl. 7 Mar. (1939) 126 We have more sneakers after Ministerial favour than men who love their country.
1865 D. Livingstone & C. Livingstone Narr. Exped. Zambesi vii. 161 He soon departed and we heard no more of the majestic sneaker.
2.
a. A small bowl (of punch). Obsolete. (Common from c1710 to c1740.)
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the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > hot alcoholic drinks (with milk or eggs) > [noun] > punch > bowl or drink of
punch1682
sneaker1699
jorum1730
(a)
1699 B. E. New Dict. Canting Crew Sneaker, (of Punch) a small Bowl.
1726 Four Years Voy. Capt. G. Roberts 71 He would take me on Board the Scooner with him, to treat me with a Sneaker of Punch before parting.
1743 H. Fielding Jonathan Wild ii. iv, in Misc. III. 124 He called for a Sneaker of Punch.
1772 Let. 14 Jan. in J. Forbes Oriental Mem. (1813) IV. xli. 217 He then ordered five sneakers of a mixture which he denominated punch.
(b)1714 Spectator No. 616. ⁋4 I have just left the Right Worshipful and his Myrmidons about a Sneaker of Five Gallons.1742 H. Fielding Joseph Andrews I. i. xii. 77 Mr. Barnabas..having..drank a Bowl of Punch.., returned to take the other Sneaker, which when he had finished, [etc.] . View more context for this quotation1775 S. J. Pratt Liberal Opinions (1783) III. lxxxviii. 157 A little snug place..where we might take a friendly sneaker together.
b. A glass of brandy.
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the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > distilled drink > brandy > [noun] > a drink of
sneakera1814
ball of fire1821
sopie1863
brandy1884
jollop1920
a1814 J. Ramsay Scotl. & Scotsmen 18th Cent. (1888) II. xi. 293 He had..a small sneaker of brandy-punch before retiring to his bedroom.
1821 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 9 60 Step to the corner and fetch me a sneaker of brandy.
3. colloquial (originally and chiefly U.S.) = sneak n. 4.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > footwear > shoe or boot > shoe > [noun] > types of > made from specific material > canvas
sand-shoes1858
boat shoe1865
deck shoe1879
plimsoll1885
tennis shoe1887
sneaker1895
pump1897
tackiec1902
Ked1917
puss shoe1938
puss boot1942
runner1970
the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > footwear > shoe or boot > shoe > [noun] > types of > with specific types of sole > soft sole
sneak1862
sneaker1895
1895 I. K. Funk et al. Standard Dict. Eng. Lang. II.
1900 G. Ade More Fables 193 His Job on this Earth was to put on a pair of Pneumatic Sneakers every Morning and go out and investigate Other People's Affairs.
1911 H. S. Harrison Queed vii. 89 Klinker picked up a ‘sneaker’ from the floor and hurled it..at a weight-and-pulley across the room.
1914 S. Lewis Our Mr. Wrenn iv. 56 Firm but fearful in his rubber sneakers.
1930 ‘S. S. Van Dine’ Scarab Murder Case iv. 61 He got relief by wearing white canvas sneakers with rubber soles.
1936 P. G. Wodehouse Laughing Gas xii. 126 You could scarcely expect to turn up in sneakers and a sweater, my good fellow.
1948 J. Steinbeck Russ. Jrnl. (1949) 13 She wore canvas sneakers.
1959 Manch. Guardian 24 June 7/2 The international uniform of jeans and sandals or sneakers.
1967 A. Henri in Penguin Mod. Poets X. 55 The daughters of Albion..lacing up blue sneakers over brown ankles.
1974 A. Lurie War between Tates v. 95 It was Jeffrey who started it; he could not find his left sneaker.
1981 Sunday Express Mag. 26 July 16/3 (caption) Shades of throwaway chic for pop singer, Graham Bonnet. Old sneakers and a borrowed suit?
4. Cricket. = sneak n. 3.
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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > cricket > bowling > [noun] > a ball bowled > types of delivery or ball
full toss1826
long hop1830
twister1832
bail ball1833
bailer1833
grubber1837
slow ball1838
wide1838
ground ball1839
shooter1843
slower ball1846
twiddler1847
creeper1848
lob1851
sneak1851
sneaker1851
slow1854
bumper1855
teaser1856
daisy-cutter1857
popper1857
yorker1861
sharpshooter1863
headball1866
screwball1866
underhand1866
skimmerc1868
grub1870
ramrod1870
raymonder1870
round-armer1871
grass cutter1876
short pitch1877
leg break1878
lob ball1880
off-break1883
donkey-drop1888
tice1888
fast break1889
leg-breaker1892
kicker1894
spinner1895
wrong 'un1897
googly1903
fizzer1904
dolly1906
short ball1911
wrong 'un1911
bosie1912
bouncer1913
flyer1913
percher1913
finger-spinner1920
inswinger1920
outswinger1920
swinger1920
off-spinner1924
away swinger1925
Chinaman1929
overspinner1930
tweaker1938
riser1944
leg-cutter1949
seamer1952
leggy1954
off-cutter1955
squatter1955
flipper1959
lifter1959
cutter1960
beamer1961
loosener1962
doosra1999
1851 J. Pycroft Cricket Field iv. 63 With the primitive fashion of ground bowling, called sneakers, forward play could have no place.
1909 in Cent. Dict. Suppl.

Derivatives

ˈsneakered adj. clad in sneakers.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > wearing clothing > [adjective] > wearing footwear > wearing shoes > other
well-shod1509
pattened1519
pumped1600
soleated1623
high-shoed1649
red-heeled1716
sandalled1802
brogue-shod1812
high-shod1856
high-shoed1868
snow-shoed1896
plimsolled1955
sneakered1961
1961 ‘E. Fenwick’ Friend of Mary Rose (1962) iv. 39 He heard..a soft jump—as of sneakered feet.
1976 ‘E. McBain’ Guns (1977) i. 34 He floats on sneakered feet to the back door of the car.
1979 Listener 3 May 613/2 Their crew-cut, pony-tailed, sneakered sons and daughters.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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