单词 | stirrup-oil |
释义 | stirrup-oiln. jocular. (See quots.) ΘΚΠ society > authority > punishment > corporal punishment > [noun] > with leather or strap > instance of stirrup-oil1679 stirrupingc1820 strap-oil1847 1679 E. Coles Dict. Eng.-Lat. (ed. 2) To give one some Stirrup-oyl, aliquem fustigare. 1825 W. Hone Every-day Bk. (1826) I. 411 They send to a cobbler's for a pennyworth of the best ‘stirrup-oil.’ 1854 A. E. Baker Gloss. Northants. Words II. 297 One of the old jokes practised on the 1st of April is the sending a raw lad to a saddler's or cobler's for a ‘penn'orth of stirrup-oil,’ when he is termed an April fool, and his ignorance enlightened by the application of a stirrup-leather across his shoulders. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1917; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1679 |
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