单词 | tired tim |
释义 | > as lemmastired Tim (also Timothy) c. tired Tim (also Timothy), usually associated with weary Willie: the names of two tramps, characters in the comic magazine Illustrated Chips; hence both used as nicknames for tramps or other work-shy people. Also attributive. ΘΚΠ society > travel > aspects of travel > travel from place to place > [noun] > without fixed aim or wandering > vagrancy or vagabondage > vagabond or tramp harlot?c1225 raikera1400 vacabond1404 vagrant1444 gangrela1450 briber?c1475 palliard1484 vagabondc1485 rogue1489 wavenger1493 hermit1495 gaberlunzie1508 knight of the field1508 loiterer1530 straggler1530 runagate1534 ruffler1535 hedge-creeper1548 Abraham man1567 cursitor1567 runner1567 walker1567 tinker1575 traveller1598 Tartar1602 stravagant1606 wagand1614 Circumcellion1623 meechera1625 hedge-bird1631 gaberlunzie man1649 tramp1664 stroller1681 jockey1685 bird of passage1717 randy1724 tramper1760 stalko1804 vagabondager1813 rintherout1814 piker1838 pikey1838 beachcomber1840 roadster1851 vagabondizer1860 roustabout1862 bum1864 migratory1866 potter1867 sundowner1868 vag1868 walkabout1872 transient1877 Murrumbidgee whaler1878 rouster1882 run-the-hedge1882 whaler1883 shaughraun1884 heather-cat1886 hobo1889 tussocker1889 gay cat1893 overlander1898 stake-man1899 stiff1899 bindle-stiff1900 dingbat1902 stew-bum1902 tired Tim (also Timothy)1906 skipper1925 Strandlooper1927 knight of the road1928 hobohemian1936 plain turkey1955 scrub turkey1955 derro1963 jakey1988 crusty1990 the world > action or operation > inaction > not doing > abstaining or refraining from action > [noun] > avoiding an action or condition > avoiding duty, work, or exertion > one who skulkc1320 loundererc1425 old soldier1722 malingerer1785 skulker1785 shirker1799 shirk1818 slink1824 schemer1843 sconcer1843 scrimshanker1882 scrimshank1886 sooner1892 Weary Willie1896 slacker1898 slackster1901 sugarer1904 work-shy1904 gold brick1905 tired Tim (also Timothy)1906 lead-swinger1917 piker1917 gold-bricker1919 slinker1919 poler1938 skiver1941 1899 Comic Cuts 6 May 1 Two gents of the name of Weary Willy and Tired Tim.] 1906 Daily Chron. 15 Feb. 3/5 Heroes of the Tired Timothy stamp. 1927 W. E. Collinson Contemp. Eng. 27 Comic papers..brought home to us the picturesque language of Weary Willy and Tired Tim (the genial tramps—whence these words are frequently used as appellatives for ‘tramps’ in general). 1930 H. Herd Diagnosis of Mental Deficiency 10 Mental defectives are the ‘weary Willies and tired Tims’ par excellence. 1932 W. S. Churchill Let. 6 Feb. in Ld. Boothby Recoll. Rebel (1978) vi. 86 These two old tired Tims of the Commons have ceased to command my allegiance. 1972 J. Porter Meddler & her Murder xii. 157 With Miss Jones in..her Tired-Tim-and-Weary-Willie mood, there was no temptation to linger. < as lemmas |
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