单词 | tarzy |
释义 | tarzyn. regional (chiefly Yorkshire). Chiefly in Middlesbrough: a makeshift rope swing across a river or stream, typically suspended from a tree. Cf. Tarzan swing n. at Tarzan n. Additions. ΚΠ 2003 Evening Gaz. (Middlesbrough) 7 July 14/1 I took 'em out ter play some real games..—kerbie,..beck-jumpin', chicken. Only fell off a Tarzy didn'a, eh?.. What a doyle! 2005 A. Bissett Incredible Adam Spark 73 Mind jude that time i was swingin on tarzy that goes over the burn and i fell and landed on a rock and broke ma arm? 2015 A. Hulse Forever & Ever xxiii. 144 ‘Billy, throw the tarzee!’.. Tony caught the rope expertly and swung across the river without looking back. 2017 @kitschfinder 20 June in twitter.com (O.E.D. Archive) Fancy damming a stream & mekin a tarzy, or building a den or going down t'park—I've got pop money? This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.2003 |
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