单词 | tin-hatted |
释义 | tin-hattedadj. 1. Nautical slang. = tin hats adj. Cf. tin hat n. 2, tin hat adj. Now rare. ΚΠ 1901 G. Goodenough Handy Man Afloat & Ashore 162 A man who has drunk not wisely but too well is described as ‘tin-hatted’, or as having on his ‘tin hat’. 1908 J. Forbes Chorus Lady viii. 104 Dad wus a good sort when 'e wasn't tin-'atted. 1917 P. Vaux Gadgets 56 The British naval seaman is not addicted now to becoming ‘tin-hatted’ or ‘shot away’. 2. Wearing a metal helmet. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > armour > helmet > [adjective] > wearing steel helmet tin-hatted1918 steel-helmeted1926 tin-helmeted1939 1918 Daily Northwestern (Oshkosh, Wisconsin) 20 Mar. 7/2 Everyone of its inhabitants is constantly tin-hatted and gas-masked. 1940 T. H. Harrisson & C. H. Madge War begins at Home iii. 46 A tin-hatted policeman began to push the crowd back. 1978 E. Malpass Wind brings up Rain xxvi. 232 A tin-hatted Air Raid Warden. 2013 Northern Star & Rural Weekly (New S. Wales) (Nexis) 28 Nov. 14 Dozens of tin-hatted building workers were milling around. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1901 |
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