英语词汇“to funk the cobbler”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

to funk the cobbler: to fill a room or other closed space with foul-smelling smoke as a prank or practical joke, typically by inserting the stem of a tobacco pipe into a keyhole or crevice, loading the pipe with tobacco and an unpleasant-smelling herb or spice (such as asafoetida or pepper), and covering the bowl such that the smoke is forced into the room. Now historical and rare.The prank was apparently originally played on cobblers; see quot. 1785.

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1785 F. Grose Classical Dict. Vulgar Tongue (at cited word) To funk the cobbler, a school boy's trick, performed with assa fœtida and cotton, which are stuffed into a pipe..and..the smoke is blown..through the crannies of a cobler's stall.

1840 Morning Post 19 Sept. 8/3 It was stated that the terms usually applied to this species of annoyance were ‘funking the cobbler’ and instances had been known where the unfortunate victim of boys' sport had nearly been choked.

1876 Freemason's Chron. 7 Oct. 228/2 The ‘quiet pipe’, by some of our energetic brethren, is turned into an instrument for funking the cobbler, and I am sure, in many cases, with as happy a result.

1978 E. Esar Comic Encycl. 307/1 Funk the cobbler, a common practical joke played by English youngsters during the eighteenth century.

单词	to funk the cobbler
释义	> as lemmas to funk the cobbler to funk the cobbler: to fill a room or other closed space with foul-smelling smoke as a prank or practical joke, typically by inserting the stem of a tobacco pipe into a keyhole or crevice, loading the pipe with tobacco and an unpleasant-smelling herb or spice (such as asafoetida or pepper), and covering the bowl such that the smoke is forced into the room. Now historical and rare.The prank was apparently originally played on cobblers; see quot. 1785. ΚΠ 1785 F. Grose Classical Dict. Vulgar Tongue (at cited word) To funk the cobbler, a school boy's trick, performed with assa fœtida and cotton, which are stuffed into a pipe..and..the smoke is blown..through the crannies of a cobler's stall. 1840 Morning Post 19 Sept. 8/3 It was stated that the terms usually applied to this species of annoyance were ‘funking the cobbler’ and instances had been known where the unfortunate victim of boys' sport had nearly been choked. 1876 Freemason's Chron. 7 Oct. 228/2 The ‘quiet pipe’, by some of our energetic brethren, is turned into an instrument for funking the cobbler, and I am sure, in many cases, with as happy a result. 1978 E. Esar Comic Encycl. 307/1 Funk the cobbler, a common practical joke played by English youngsters during the eighteenth century. extracted from funkv.¹ < as lemmas
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