| 单词 | sunday man |
| 释义 | > as lemmasSunday man Sunday man n. slang (now historical) a man, esp. a debtor, who goes out only on Sundays, fearing arrest on any other day.The serving of writs, warrants, etc., was precluded by the Sunday Observance Act (1677), repealed in 1969. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social relations > lack of social communication or relations > [noun] > attachment to home life > person house dove1579 houseling1598 house bird1601 home-sittera1657 housekeepera1741 Sunday man1769 homester1819 homebird1821 homebody1821 stay-at-home1836 homeboy1847 homegirl1847 stay-putter1927 1769 H. Fox New Dict. French & Eng. at Consulaire Avoir la goute consulaire, to be a Sunday man. 1785 F. Grose Classical Dict. Vulgar Tongue Sunday man, one who goes abroad on that day only, for fear of arrests. 1819 F. MacDonogh Hermit in London (1820) IV. 120 These hebdomadal loungers are what are called Sunday men. 1902 M. M. Bodkin Shillelagh & Shamrock 213 Costigan is a Sunday man... All the other days the bailiffs are after him. 1950 O. St. J. Gogarty Rolling down Lea 109 A Sunday man is not necessarily a devotee, but one who could only move freely on Sundays, for on that day the King's Writ did not run, and debtors were safe. < as lemmas |
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