bob-tailn.adj.

Etymology: < bob n.¹ + tail n.¹

A. n.

I. Properly two words /ˈbɒb/, /ˈteɪl/.

1. The tail (of a horse) cut short.Must be earlier than 1577, when the verb occurs.

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the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > body or parts of horse > [noun] > tail > docked

bob-tail1667

bob1711

1667 London Gaz. No. 211/4 A fine light Bay Stone-horse..with his Mayne shorn, and a bob tail.

1720 London Gaz. No. 5818/4 A brown Nag..with a Bob Tail.

II.

/ˈbɒbteɪl/.

a. A horse or dog with its tail cut short.

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the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Canidae > dog > [noun] > parts of > dog defined by

cut-tail1530

long-tail1576

bob-tail1676

stump-tail1868

the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > body or parts of horse > [noun] > tail > docked > horse having

curtal1530

bob-tail1676

cocktail1781

1676 London Gaz. No. 1115/4 A white Mare, and a black Nag..both Bob-tails.

1838 R. Southey Poet. Wks. III. 309 Mongrel and cur and bob-tail, let them yelp.

†b. A kind of arrow: see quot. 1545.

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society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > missile > arrow > [noun] > other types of arrow

reedOE

broad arrow1372

peacock arrowc1387

bob-tail1545

forehand1545

livery arrow?a1549

standard1557

dog bolt1593

warning-arrow1628

1545 R. Ascham Toxophilus ii. f. 13^v Those [shafts] that be lytle brested and big toward the hede called by theyr lykenesse taperfashion..and of some merye fellowes bobtayles.

c. = bobtail discharge n. at Compounds. U.S.

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society > occupation and work > lack of work > [noun] > dismissal or discharge

discharginga1398

discharge1523

quietus est1530

conduction1538

cassing1550

remove1553

destitution1554

mittimus1596

dismissionc1600

quietus1635

removal1645

cashierment1656

separation1779

dismissing1799

dismissala1806

to give (a person) the sack1825

bullet1841

congee1847

decapitation1869

G.B.1880

the shove1899

spear1912

bob-tail1915

severance1941

sacking1958

termination1974

1915 Recruiters' Bull. (U.S. Marine Corps) June 8/1 (title) Bobtails.

1926 R. A. Bennet Boss of Diamond A viii. 72 My discharge is in that trunk of mine. I'll show you it's no bobtail!

1937 Amer. Speech 12 75/1 Bobtail, (yellow-colored) dishonorable discharge.

†3. transferred. A contemptible fellow, a cur. Obsolete.

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the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > inferior person > [noun] > held in contempt > male

houndOE

churlc1300

pagec1385

jockeya1529

sincanterc1540

cullion1575

cur1600

swabber1612

codworm1615

bob-taila1625

pompilliona1625

duck's meata1627

swab1687

person1704

hallion1789

jackeen1810

peat1818

a1625 J. Fletcher Monsieur Thomas (1639) ii. i. sig. D3 I'le not be bobd i' th nose with every bobtaile.

†4. (See quot. 1585) Obsolete.

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society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > [noun]

bridelockOE

yokeOE

spousehooda1200

spousea1225

wedlock?c1225

wedlockhoodc1230

marriagec1300

spousal1340

matrimonya1382

espousala1393

muliera1400

spousagea1400

spouseheadc1400

weddedhooda1450

wedhooda1450

wedding1489

espousage1549

the bond(s of wedlock or matrimony1552

nuptial1566

bed-match1582

bob-tail1585

Hymen's banda1593

Hymen1608

married life1609

conjugality1645

marriage state1652

conjugacy1659

marriage life1662

establishment1684

shackledom1771

connubiality1836

connubialism1848

weddedness1891

bedlock1922

the tender trap1954

1585 J. Higgins tr. Junius Nomenclator Cousins by mariage, or kinred (as they commonly terme it) by bobtaile.

5. collectively. [Perhaps referring to 2 and 3.] tag-rag and bob-tail, or tag, rag, and bob-tail: the common herd, the rabble. Also plural. See tag n.¹

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society > society and the community > social class > the common people > low rank or condition > the lowest class > [noun] > the rabble

commona1350

rascala1382

rascaldry?1457

routc1475

tag and ragc1535

riff-raff1545

rabble1549

rascabilia1557

rabblement1565

bran1574

rascability1583

rascality1583

canaille1588

canalliary1600

canaglia1607

taga1616

ribble-rabble1635

volge1639

rabble rout1650

tag-rag and bob-tail1660

mobile1676

mobility1690

mob1691

rag-tag (also rag, tag) and bob-tail1725

kennel1726

rough scruff1814

rough scuff1816

tag-rag1826

rascalry1827

rascalment1832

doggery1843

polloi1856

raggle-taggle1958

1660 S. Pepys Diary 6 Mar. (1970) I. 78 The dining-room..was full of tag, rag, and bobtail, dancing, singing, and drinking.

1786 ‘P. Pindar’ Lyric Odes for 1785 (new ed.) ii. 8 Tagrags and Bobtails of the sacred Brush!

1800 P. Colquhoun Treat. Commerce & Police R. Thames ii. 75 That lowest class of the community who are vulgarly denominated the Tag-Rag and Bobtail.

1820 Ld. Byron Blues ii. 23 The rag, tag, and bobtail of those they call ‘Blues’.

1835 J. Hogg Tales Wars Montrose I. 105 The tag-rag and bob-tail part of the citizens of Edinburgh.

1841 C. Dickens Barnaby Rudge xxxv. 134 We don't take in no tagrag and bobtail at our house.

1926 J. Black You can't Win xiii. 180 She poured liquor into the bums, beggars, ragtags and bobtails that hung around the saloons.

6. In full bobtail flush, bobtail straight. A four-card flush or straight in the game of poker. U.S.

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society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > card game > poker > [noun] > type of hand > combinations of cards

triplet1864

royal flush1868

bobtailed flush1873

bobtail flush1875

skip1880

royal straight1883

four flush1887

skip straight1887

inside straight1934

1875 Cincinnati Enquirer 2 July 2/3 The gentlemen..can not ‘bluff’ to any success on their ‘bob-tail flush’.

1887 Courier Jrnl. 20 Jan. 4/1 The Confederates would..bet away the Washington monument on a ‘bob-tail flush’.

1901 R. F. Foster Poker 26 The value of the ‘bobtail’, as a four-card flush is called, is nothing unless it can be improved in the draw.

B. adj. (attributive).

/ˈbɒbteɪl/. Having a bob tail.

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the world > animals > animal body > general parts > rump and tail > [adjective] > relating to the tail > having a tail > having a bob-tail

bob-tail1608

1608 W. Shakespeare King Lear xiii. 64 Grim-hound or spaniel, brach or him, Bobtaile tike, or trundletaile.

1829 F. Marryat Naval Officer III. iv. 102 The bob-tail Cur.

1848 J. R. Lowell Biglow Papers 1st Ser. i. 6 Trainin' round in bobtail coats.

Compounds

bobtail car n. U.S. (see quot. 1889).

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society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > public service vehicle > [noun] > tramcar > types of

owl car1856

horse-car1864

bobtail car1875

bobtailed car1875

automobile1881

belt tram1894

toast-rack1905

short1914

1875 Chicago Tribune 8 Sept. 8/2 The bobtail cars ought to be taken off the streets right away, or conductors put on them.

1883 Philadelph. Evening Star 13 Feb. 3/4 Bob-tail Courtesies..The old familiar bob-tail cars.

1889 J. S. Farmer Americanisms Bobtail car, the popular name for a small tram-car horsed by a single animal, and on which the only official is a driver, whose office it is to collect fares and generally perform the duties of conductor in addition to his own.

bobtail discharge n. U.S. (see quot.).

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society > armed hostility > military organization > enlistment or recruitment > discharge from service > [noun] > with disgrace

dishonourable discharge1865

bobtail discharge1886

undesirable discharge1911

1886 Outing Dec. 227/2 Upon the expiration of his first enlistment, he was given what is called a bobtail discharge, a discharge without character.

bobtail plough n. (see quot. 1743).

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the world > food and drink > farming > tools and implements > ploughing equipment > [noun] > plough > wheeled plough

wheel-plough1707

bobtail plough1733

1733 W. Ellis Chiltern & Vale Farming xxxviii. 319 Either the Swing, Bobtail, or Foot Plough.

1743 W. Ellis Mod. Husbandman (Dublin ed.) May i. 6 The Creeper or Bobtail Plough, is a two-Wheel Plough, differing but very little from the Fallow Wheel Plough.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	bob-tail
释义	bob-tailn.adj. Etymology: < bob n.¹ + tail n.¹ A. n. I. Properly two words /ˈbɒb/, /ˈteɪl/. 1. The tail (of a horse) cut short.Must be earlier than 1577, when the verb occurs. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > body or parts of horse > [noun] > tail > docked bob-tail1667 bob1711 1667 London Gaz. No. 211/4 A fine light Bay Stone-horse..with his Mayne shorn, and a bob tail. 1720 London Gaz. No. 5818/4 A brown Nag..with a Bob Tail. II. /ˈbɒbteɪl/. 2. a. A horse or dog with its tail cut short. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Canidae > dog > [noun] > parts of > dog defined by cut-tail1530 long-tail1576 bob-tail1676 stump-tail1868 the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > body or parts of horse > [noun] > tail > docked > horse having curtal1530 bob-tail1676 cocktail1781 1676 London Gaz. No. 1115/4 A white Mare, and a black Nag..both Bob-tails. 1838 R. Southey Poet. Wks. III. 309 Mongrel and cur and bob-tail, let them yelp. †b. A kind of arrow: see quot. 1545. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > missile > arrow > [noun] > other types of arrow reedOE broad arrow1372 peacock arrowc1387 bob-tail1545 forehand1545 livery arrow?a1549 standard1557 dog bolt1593 warning-arrow1628 1545 R. Ascham Toxophilus ii. f. 13^v Those [shafts] that be lytle brested and big toward the hede called by theyr lykenesse taperfashion..and of some merye fellowes bobtayles. c. = bobtail discharge n. at Compounds. U.S. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > lack of work > [noun] > dismissal or discharge discharginga1398 discharge1523 quietus est1530 conduction1538 cassing1550 remove1553 destitution1554 mittimus1596 dismissionc1600 quietus1635 removal1645 cashierment1656 separation1779 dismissing1799 dismissala1806 to give (a person) the sack1825 bullet1841 congee1847 decapitation1869 G.B.1880 the shove1899 spear1912 bob-tail1915 severance1941 sacking1958 termination1974 1915 Recruiters' Bull. (U.S. Marine Corps) June 8/1 (title) Bobtails. 1926 R. A. Bennet Boss of Diamond A viii. 72 My discharge is in that trunk of mine. I'll show you it's no bobtail! 1937 Amer. Speech 12 75/1 Bobtail, (yellow-colored) dishonorable discharge. †3. transferred. A contemptible fellow, a cur. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > inferior person > [noun] > held in contempt > male houndOE churlc1300 pagec1385 jockeya1529 sincanterc1540 cullion1575 cur1600 swabber1612 codworm1615 bob-taila1625 pompilliona1625 duck's meata1627 swab1687 person1704 hallion1789 jackeen1810 peat1818 a1625 J. Fletcher Monsieur Thomas (1639) ii. i. sig. D3 I'le not be bobd i' th nose with every bobtaile. †4. (See quot. 1585) Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > [noun] bridelockOE yokeOE spousehooda1200 spousea1225 wedlock?c1225 wedlockhoodc1230 marriagec1300 spousal1340 matrimonya1382 espousala1393 muliera1400 spousagea1400 spouseheadc1400 weddedhooda1450 wedhooda1450 wedding1489 espousage1549 the bond(s of wedlock or matrimony1552 nuptial1566 bed-match1582 bob-tail1585 Hymen's banda1593 Hymen1608 married life1609 conjugality1645 marriage state1652 conjugacy1659 marriage life1662 establishment1684 shackledom1771 connubiality1836 connubialism1848 weddedness1891 bedlock1922 the tender trap1954 1585 J. Higgins tr. Junius Nomenclator Cousins by mariage, or kinred (as they commonly terme it) by bobtaile. 5. collectively. [Perhaps referring to 2 and 3.] tag-rag and bob-tail, or tag, rag, and bob-tail: the common herd, the rabble. Also plural. See tag n.¹ ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social class > the common people > low rank or condition > the lowest class > [noun] > the rabble commona1350 rascala1382 rascaldry?1457 routc1475 tag and ragc1535 riff-raff1545 rabble1549 rascabilia1557 rabblement1565 bran1574 rascability1583 rascality1583 canaille1588 canalliary1600 canaglia1607 taga1616 ribble-rabble1635 volge1639 rabble rout1650 tag-rag and bob-tail1660 mobile1676 mobility1690 mob1691 rag-tag (also rag, tag) and bob-tail1725 kennel1726 rough scruff1814 rough scuff1816 tag-rag1826 rascalry1827 rascalment1832 doggery1843 polloi1856 raggle-taggle1958 1660 S. Pepys Diary 6 Mar. (1970) I. 78 The dining-room..was full of tag, rag, and bobtail, dancing, singing, and drinking. 1786 ‘P. Pindar’ Lyric Odes for 1785 (new ed.) ii. 8 Tagrags and Bobtails of the sacred Brush! 1800 P. Colquhoun Treat. Commerce & Police R. Thames ii. 75 That lowest class of the community who are vulgarly denominated the Tag-Rag and Bobtail. 1820 Ld. Byron Blues ii. 23 The rag, tag, and bobtail of those they call ‘Blues’. 1835 J. Hogg Tales Wars Montrose I. 105 The tag-rag and bob-tail part of the citizens of Edinburgh. 1841 C. Dickens Barnaby Rudge xxxv. 134 We don't take in no tagrag and bobtail at our house. 1926 J. Black You can't Win xiii. 180 She poured liquor into the bums, beggars, ragtags and bobtails that hung around the saloons. 6. In full bobtail flush, bobtail straight. A four-card flush or straight in the game of poker. U.S. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > card game > poker > [noun] > type of hand > combinations of cards triplet1864 royal flush1868 bobtailed flush1873 bobtail flush1875 skip1880 royal straight1883 four flush1887 skip straight1887 inside straight1934 1875 Cincinnati Enquirer 2 July 2/3 The gentlemen..can not ‘bluff’ to any success on their ‘bob-tail flush’. 1887 Courier Jrnl. 20 Jan. 4/1 The Confederates would..bet away the Washington monument on a ‘bob-tail flush’. 1901 R. F. Foster Poker 26 The value of the ‘bobtail’, as a four-card flush is called, is nothing unless it can be improved in the draw. B. adj. (attributive). /ˈbɒbteɪl/. Having a bob tail. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > animal body > general parts > rump and tail > [adjective] > relating to the tail > having a tail > having a bob-tail bob-tail1608 1608 W. Shakespeare King Lear xiii. 64 Grim-hound or spaniel, brach or him, Bobtaile tike, or trundletaile. View more context for this quotation 1829 F. Marryat Naval Officer III. iv. 102 The bob-tail Cur. 1848 J. R. Lowell Biglow Papers 1st Ser. i. 6 Trainin' round in bobtail coats. Compounds bobtail car n. U.S. (see quot. 1889). ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > public service vehicle > [noun] > tramcar > types of owl car1856 horse-car1864 bobtail car1875 bobtailed car1875 automobile1881 belt tram1894 toast-rack1905 short1914 1875 Chicago Tribune 8 Sept. 8/2 The bobtail cars ought to be taken off the streets right away, or conductors put on them. 1883 Philadelph. Evening Star 13 Feb. 3/4 Bob-tail Courtesies..The old familiar bob-tail cars. 1889 J. S. Farmer Americanisms Bobtail car, the popular name for a small tram-car horsed by a single animal, and on which the only official is a driver, whose office it is to collect fares and generally perform the duties of conductor in addition to his own. bobtail discharge n. U.S. (see quot.). ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military organization > enlistment or recruitment > discharge from service > [noun] > with disgrace dishonourable discharge1865 bobtail discharge1886 undesirable discharge1911 1886 Outing Dec. 227/2 Upon the expiration of his first enlistment, he was given what is called a bobtail discharge, a discharge without character. bobtail plough n. (see quot. 1743). ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > tools and implements > ploughing equipment > [noun] > plough > wheeled plough wheel-plough1707 bobtail plough1733 1733 W. Ellis Chiltern & Vale Farming xxxviii. 319 Either the Swing, Bobtail, or Foot Plough. 1743 W. Ellis Mod. Husbandman (Dublin ed.) May i. 6 The Creeper or Bobtail Plough, is a two-Wheel Plough, differing but very little from the Fallow Wheel Plough. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.1545
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