单词 | bostonese |
释义 | Bostonesen. U.S. a. collective. Natives or inhabitants of Boston (see also quot. 1785). ΘΚΠ the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of America > native or inhabitant of North America > native or inhabitant of U.S.A. > [noun] > other towns or cities Bostonian1682 Philadelphian1744 Bostonese1785 Nantucketer1788 Chicagoan1851 Angeleno1857 New Orleanian1862 bean-eater1867 Chicagoese1868 Los Angeleno1871 San Franciscan1875 Los Angelena1883 Angelena1905 Orleanian1935 the mind > language > languages of the world > Indo-Hittite > [noun] > Indo-European > Germanic > English > American English > varieties of Midland1785 New England1839 Chicagoese1883 Bostonese1888 New Yorkese1888 Brooklynese1893 Western American1901 Manhattanese1908 Harlemese1928 southern1935 jive1938 Yinglish1951 lockjaw1965 Valley Girl1982 Valspeak1982 Valleyspeak1983 Yat1984 1785 J. Hadfield Diary 29 June in Englishman in Amer. (1933) 61 He asserted he had tomahawked and scalped 50 Bostonese, a name they [sc. Indians in Canada] give generally to the Americans of the States. 1888 N.Y. Herald 29 July (Farmer) There were a number of people present, principally Bostonese. 1925 N.Y. Times 8 Sept. 24/3 Squire Sam Jones..in the second innings surrendered four runs to the Bostonese. b. (See quot. 1889.) ΚΠ 1876 Cincinnati Enquirer 17 June 3/2 His reply was not negro at all, it was purest Bostonese. 1889 J. S. Farmer Americanisms Bostonese..is a method of speech or manners supposed to be specially affected by the residents of that city. 1948 H. L. Mencken Amer. Lang. Suppl. II. 179 The educated speech of the State..is ‘untainted by Bostonese’. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online June 2020). < n.1785 |
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