staboyint.

Forms: Also ste(e)boy, stubboy

Etymology: < sta boy (also stu boy , stub-boy ): see Amer. Dial. Notes 1900–4 II. 347–8; compare hist-a-boy , hist int. 2.

U.S.

An exclamation addressed to hounds. Also as v. transitive, to urge on (hounds) with the cry ‘sta boy’; occasionally as n.

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the world > food and drink > hunting > hunting with hounds > hunt with hounds [verb (transitive)] > to incite by shouting > words or shouts used

staboy1844

1844 W. T. Thompson Major Jones's Courtship (ed. 2) vi. 55 ‘Thar it is..Steboy; catch him!’ ses he [to the dog].

1848 J. R. Lowell Biglow Papers 1st Ser. vi. 74 As..feeder of certain theologic dogmas, which, when occasion offers, he unkennels with a staboy.

1850 J. R. Lowell Unhappy Mr. Knott 60 Like dogs let loose upon a bear, Ten emulous styles staboyed with care, The whole among them seemed to tear.

1884 ‘Judge Wiglittle’ 10 Years Police Judge xii. 86 They stand off and say stee-boy to the constables, who are only too ready to dog the dog-law breakers.

1905 New York Sun 15 Nov. Are there not even Brooklynites in remote green outskirts or dusty fringes of ambiguous suburbs who have stubboyed or still stubboy?

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	staboy
释义	staboyint. Forms: Also ste(e)boy, stubboy Etymology: < sta boy (also stu boy , stub-boy ): see Amer. Dial. Notes 1900–4 II. 347–8; compare hist-a-boy , hist int. 2. U.S. An exclamation addressed to hounds. Also as v. transitive, to urge on (hounds) with the cry ‘sta boy’; occasionally as n. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > hunting > hunting with hounds > hunt with hounds [verb (transitive)] > to incite by shouting > words or shouts used staboy1844 1844 W. T. Thompson Major Jones's Courtship (ed. 2) vi. 55 ‘Thar it is..Steboy; catch him!’ ses he [to the dog]. 1848 J. R. Lowell Biglow Papers 1st Ser. vi. 74 As..feeder of certain theologic dogmas, which, when occasion offers, he unkennels with a staboy. 1850 J. R. Lowell Unhappy Mr. Knott 60 Like dogs let loose upon a bear, Ten emulous styles staboyed with care, The whole among them seemed to tear. 1884 ‘Judge Wiglittle’ 10 Years Police Judge xii. 86 They stand off and say stee-boy to the constables, who are only too ready to dog the dog-law breakers. 1905 New York Sun 15 Nov. Are there not even Brooklynites in remote green outskirts or dusty fringes of ambiguous suburbs who have stubboyed or still stubboy? This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < int.1844
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