| 单词 | sooner dog |
| 释义 | > as lemmassooner dog An idler, shirker; applied as a term of abuse to an ineffectual or obstructive person, object, etc. Also attributive in sooner dog. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > inaction > not doing > abstaining or refraining from action > [noun] > avoiding an action or condition > avoiding duty, work, or exertion > one who skulkc1320 loundererc1425 old soldier1722 malingerer1785 skulker1785 shirker1799 shirk1818 slink1824 schemer1843 sconcer1843 scrimshanker1882 scrimshank1886 sooner1892 Weary Willie1896 slacker1898 slackster1901 sugarer1904 work-shy1904 gold brick1905 tired Tim (also Timothy)1906 lead-swinger1917 piker1917 gold-bricker1919 slinker1919 poler1938 skiver1941 the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > uselessness > [noun] > that which is useless > useless person or thing > person sooner1892 gold brick1905 the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > uselessness > [noun] > that which is useless > useless person or thing > thing or object good-for-nothing1611 sooner1969 1892 K. Lentzner Dict. Slang-Eng. of Austral. 117 Sooner, a weak idler, a lazy good-for-nothing. 1919 E. Dyson Hello Soldier! 31 He slugged a tubby Hun, Then choked a Fritzie with his dukes, 'n' pinched the sooner's gun! 1936 F. Clune Roaming round Darling xxv. 270 Onlookers: Tongue-tied Joe, a sooner dog, a Scotch dog, a dog of all nations, a hungry goat. 1937 E. Partridge Dict. Slang 801/1 Sooner dog, one that would sooner feed than fight. 1948 V. Palmer Golconda xix. 159 ‘The dirty sooners!’ he burst out. ‘They don't know a man when they find one, those heads down south.’ 1969 P. A. Smith Folklore Austral. Railwaymen 117 This was an old sooner of an engine. She'd had it. On a stiff climb in a tunnel she began to slip. < as lemmas |
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