单词 | sneezer |
释义 | sneezern. 1. One who sneezes. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > respiratory spasms > [noun] > sneezing > person sneezer1648 1648 H. Hexham Groot Woorden-boeck Een Nieser, a Sneeser. 1684 tr. T. Bonet Guide Pract. Physician iii. 65 The Ancients said, that Sneezers..were indicated by excrementitious humours..in the Ventricles..of the Brain. 1801 Monthly Mag. 12 224 He proves from Petronius..that the custom of blessing sneezers was established among the Romans. 1870 J. Lubbock Origin of Civilisation (ed. 2) App. 336 A sneeze..is evidence..that the sneezer was possessed by some evil-disposed spirit. 2. In various slang, colloquial, or dialect senses: a. A snuff-box. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > use of drugs and poison > tobacco > snuff > [noun] > snuff-box milla1689 snuff-box1688 snuff-milla1689 joint1701 sneezer1725 mull?1762 snuff-mull1808 tabatière1823 taddy-box1907 1725 New Canting Dict. Cog a Sneezer, Beg a..Snuff~box. 1819 J. H. Vaux New Vocab. Flash Lang. in Memoirs II. 207 Sneezer or Sneezing-Coffer, a snuff-box. 1839 H. Brandon Dict. Flash or Cant Lang. in W. A. Miles Poverty, Mendicity & Crime 165/2. b. The nose. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > face > nose > [noun] noseeOE naseeOE nebeOE billa1000 nesec1175 grunyie?a1513 gnomon1582 nib1585 proboscis1631 handle to (also of, on) one's face1675 snot-gall1685 nozzle1689 bowsprit1690 smeller1699 snitch1699 trunk1699 vessel1813 index1817 conk1819 sneezer1820 scent box1826 snorter1829 snuff-box1829 bugle1847 beak1854 nasal1854 sniffer1858 boko1859 snoot1861 snorer1891 horn1893 spectacles-seat1895 razzo1899 beezer1915 schnozzle1926 schnozzola1929 schnozz1930 snozzle1930 honker1942 hooter1958 1820 Sporting Mag. 6 271 Hawkins put a tremendous nobber on the tip of Paddy's sneezer. c. A dram or drink, esp. a stiff one. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > [noun] > a drink of strong drink?1490 drink1535 whiff1605 tip1612 wet1719 swilla1731 booze1732 slug1756 whitter1786 intoxication1799 O (or oh) be joyful1823 sneezer1823 north-wester1830 drain1836 damp1837 smile1839 snifter1844 liquor1860 rosiner1871 tiddlywink1880 bevvy1889 gargle1889 snort1889 jolt1904 smahan1914 tincture1914 taste1919 piss1925 drinkie1947 smash1959 shant1960 1823 E. Moor Suffolk Words 372 Sneeser, or Sneezer,..also..means a dram. 1841 J. T. J. Hewlett Parish Clerk I. 290 He knew he should get a sneezer of something short for his trouble. 1868 C. Dickens Let. 24 Feb. (2002) XII. 57 My New York landlord made me a ‘Rocky Mountain sneezer’. d. A pocket-handkerchief.The Eng. Dial. Dict. gives other purely dialect uses. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > cleaning or cleanliness of the person > [noun] > cleaning the nose > handkerchief coverchiefc1305 cloutc1380 muckender1420 napkin1436 handkerchief1530 handkercher1531 mocket1537 wiper1587 nose-cloth1589 pocket handkerchief1645 handcloth1676 mouchoira1685 pocket-clotha1704 wipe1708 volet1789 kerchief1814 snotter1823 lachrymatory1825 nose-rag1840 nose-wiper1840 sweat-rag1843 lachrymary1854 sneezer1857 stook1859 snottinger1864 snot-rag1888 hanky1895 penwiper1902 paper handkerchief1907 nose-wipe1919 snitch-rag1940 paper hankie1959 1857 ‘Ducange Anglicus’ Vulgar Tongue 19. e. Something exceptionally good, great, strong, violent, etc., in some respect (cf. quots.). ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > excellence > [noun] > excellent thing starOE dainty1340 daisyc1485 say-piece1535 bravery1583 paragon1585 daint1633 rapper1653 supernaculum1704 dandy1785 roarer1813 sneezer1823 plum1825 trimmer1827 sockdolager1838 rasper1844 dinger1861 job1863 fizzer1866 champagne1880 beauty1882 pie1884 twanger1889 smasher1894 crackerjack1895 Taj Mahal1895 beaut1896 pearler1901 lollapalooza1904 bearcat1909 beaner1911 grande dame1915 Rolls-Royce1916 the nuts1917 pipperoo1939 rubydazzler1941 rumpty1941 rumptydooler1941 snodger1941 sockeroo1942 sweetheart1942 zinger1955 blue-chipper1957 ring-a-ding1959 premier cru1965 sharpie1970 stormer1978 the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > largeness > [noun] > an exceptionally large thing of its kind swinger1599 rapper1653 thumper1660 whisker1668 spanker1751 slapper1781 whopper1785 skelper1790 smasher1794 pelter1811 swapper1818 jumbo1823 sneezer1823 whacker1825 whanger1825 infant1832 bulger1835 three-decker1835 bouncer1842 snorter1859 whalera1860 plonker1862 bruiser1868 snapper1874 plumper1881 boomer1885 heavy1897 sollicker1898 sanakatowzer1903 Moby Dicka1974 stonker1987 1823 E. Moor Suffolk Words 372 Sneeser, or Sneezer, a severe blow. 1836 T. C. Haliburton Clockmaker 1st Ser. i. viii It's awful to hear a minister swear; and the only match I know for it, is to hear a regular sneezer of a sinner quote Scripture. 1836 T. C. Haliburton Clockmaker 1st Ser. i. xiii I have one [horse] a proper sneezer, a chap that can go ahead of a rail-road steamer. 1855 F. Francis Newton Dogvane (1888) 242 What a fine breeze we have! a regular sneezer. 1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. Sneezer, a stiff gale of wind. 1902 Westm. Gaz. 22 July 3/1 The ball he bowled Fry with..was what he would himself describe as a ‘sneezer’. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1648 |
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