单词 | to maul and sowl |
释义 | > as lemmasto maul and sowl b. transitive. Originally English regional (chiefly southern and midlands). To damage (a person or thing) by rough or careless handling; to treat roughly or carelessly; to touch or handle (a person) roughly, esp. in the pursuit of sexual gratification. Frequently with about. Also in to maul and sowl (at sowl v.3). ΚΠ 1746 Exmoor Courtship 22 Ees won't ha' ma Tetties a grabbled zo; ner ees won't be mullad and soulad. 1777–8 R. Wight Horæ Subsecivæ (MS Bodl. Eng. lang. d.66) 277 [Exmoor] To Moul et Soul a Person about... To pull, hale, & tumble about & dirt a Persons Clothes, as at the Play of ‘More Sacks to the Mill’. 1827 J. Clare Shepherd's Cal. 156 So off they ran, when she came smiling out; Saying she hated to be mawled about. 1852 L. B. Mackinnon Atlantic & Transatlantic 67 It [sc. a sewing machine] has been so mauled about since the ladies heard of its wonderful performance, that it is quite deranged, and won't work. 1875 Harper's Mag. Sept. 618 She's de on'y girl a feller wants to maul, and she's de on'y one a feller can't. 1885 W. B. Forfar Cornish Poems 17 You mustn't maul the fish about. 1922 J. Joyce Ulysses ii. viii. [Lestrygonians] 155 Squarepushing up against a backdoor. Maul her a bit. Then the next thing on the menu. 1942 L. V. Berrey & M. Van den Bark Amer. Thes. Slang §355/5 Fondle; caress; pet, maul a moll. 1991 E. Jones Fatal Crown xxi. 200 Geoffrey..thrust his tongue into her unresponsive mouth. Meeting no resistance, he began to maul her breasts with both hands. < as lemmas |
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