单词 | squashed |
释义 | squashedadj. In senses of the verb. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > condition of being broad in relation to thickness > [adjective] > made broad and flat > by pressure squat1600 quasheda1652 squatteda1678 squelched1837 squashed1856 squeegeed1904 1856 C. Dickens Little Dorrit (1857) i. ix. 66 Such squashed hats and bonnets..never were seen in Rag Fair. Compounds squashed fly n. (also squashed fly biscuit) colloquial = Garibaldi n. 3. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > biscuit > [noun] > other biscuits dorcake14.. cracknelc1440 hard breada1500 crackling1598 Naples biscuit1650 gingerbread man1686 chocolate biscuit1702 biscotin1723 sponge biscuit1736 maple biscuita1753 butter biscuit1758 nut1775 Oliver biscuit1786 funeral biscuit1790 rock biscuit?1790 ratafia1801 finger biscuit1812 Savoy drop1816 lady's finger1818 snap1819 Abernethy1830 pretzel1831 wine-biscuit1834 gingersnap1838 captain's biscuit1843 lebkuchen1847 simnel1854 sugar cookie1854 peppernut1862 McClellan pie1863 Savoy ring1866 Brown George1867 beaten biscuit1876 digestive1876 Osborne1876 Bath Oliver1878 marie1878 boer biscuit1882 charcoal biscuit1885 biscotti1886 fairing1888 snickerdoodle1889 pfeffernuss1891 zwieback1894 Nice1895 Garibaldi biscuit1896 Oswegoc1900 squashed fly1900 amaretto1905 boerebeskuit1905 Romary1905 petit beurre1906 Oswego biscuit1907 soetkoekie1910 Oreo1912 custard cream1916 Anzac1923 sweet biscuit1929 langue de chat1931 Bourbon biscuit1932 Afghan1934 flapjack1935 Florentine1936 chocolate chip cookie1938 choc chip cookie1940 Toll House cookie1940 tuile1943 pizzelle1949 black and white1967 Romany Cream1970 papri1978 1900 J. S. Farmer Public School Word-bk. 85 Squashed flies,..biscuits with currants. 1909 H. G. Wells Tono-Bungay iii. iii. 276 Instead of offering me a Garibaldi biscuit, she asked me with that faint lisp of hers, to ‘have some squashed flies, George’. 1931 C. Lithgow Simple Sailor v. 49 In ‘the break’, they grappled for their milk and bun, or ‘squashed-fly’ biscuit. 1977 K. M. E. Murray Caught in Web of Words xvii. 321 Gwyneth remembered her anguish as a little girl at finding nothing in her parcel but a Garibaldi (‘squashed fly’) biscuit. squashed tomato n. slang a name given in different localities to various children's games (see quots.). ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > children's game > other children's games > [noun] > others buckle-pit1532 marrowbone1533 put-pin?1577 primus secundus1584 fox in the hole1585 haltering of Hick's mare1585 muss1591 pushpin1598 Jack-in-the-box1600 a penny in the forehead1602 buckerels1649 bumdockdousse1653 peck-point1653 toro1660 wheelbarrow1740 thread-needle1751 thrush-a-thrush1766 runaway ring?1790 Gregory1801 pick-point1801 fighting cocks1807 runaway knock1813 tit-tat-toe1818 French and English1820 honeypots1821 roly-poly1821 tickle-tail1821 pottle1822 King of Cantland1825 tip-top-castle1834 tile1837 statue1839 chip stone1843 hen and chickens1843 king of the castle1843 King Caesar1849 rap-jacket1870 old witch1881 tick-tack-toe1884 twos and threes1896 last across (the road)1904 step1909 king of the hill1928 Pooh-sticks1928 trick or treat1928 stare-you-out1932 king of the mountain1933 dab cricket1938 Urkey1938 trick-or-treating1941 seven-up1950 squashed tomato1959 slot-racing1965 Pog1993 knights- 1959 I. Opie & P. Opie Lore & Lang. Schoolchildren xviii. 381 There are more than sixty established names for the pursuit of illegally knocking at doors... Squashed tomato. Wolverhampton. 1963 S. Marshall Exper. in Educ. ii. 56 The new look given to the age-old playground game which for some unknown reason has become ‘Squashed Tomato’ in the language of today... A voice was giving orders to the players. ‘John, three scissors south towards Cambridge. Carol, two pigeon steps towards Newmarket [on a map painted on a school playground].’ 1969 I. Opie & P. Opie Children's Games iv. 157 The game is usually known as ‘Sardines’, but also..‘Squashed Sardines’, and ‘Squashed Tomatoes’. 1969 I. Opie & P. Opie Children's Games vi. 189 Squashed Tomato. Both caller and called run towards each other, with arms crossed in front of them. The one advancing remains at the spot where they squash into each other. The caller returns to his place in front. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1856 |
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