Tom and Jerryn.

Brit.

/ˌtɒm (ə)n(d) ˈdʒɛri/, U.S.

/ˌtɑm ən ˈdʒɛri/

Inflections: Plural Tom and Jerries, Tom and Jerrys.

Forms: 1800s Tom an' Jerry, 1800s– Tom and Jerry. Also plural (in sense 6): 1800s Toms and Jerries, 1800s–1900s Toms and Jerrys.

Origin: From proper names, combined with an English element. Etymons: proper name Tom , and conj.¹, proper name Jerry.

Etymology: < the male forename Tom (see Tom n.¹) + and conj.¹ + the male forename Jerry (see jerry n.¹), with allusion to the names of the two chief characters in Pierce Egan's Life in London (1821), and its 1828 sequel.The title of Egan's original work (1821) is Life in London, or Days and Nights of Jerry Hawthorne and his elegant friend Corinthian Tom; that of the 1828 sequel is Finish to the Adventures of Tom, Jerry, and Logic, whence apparently the order of the names in Tom and Jerry . With Tom and Jerry shop n. at sense 2 compare later jerry-shop at jerry n.¹ 3.

I. Compounds.

1. attributive. Resembling Tom and Jerry, the main characters in Pierce Egan's Life in London (1821) who were given to drinking, gambling, and riotous living; reminiscent or characteristic of Tom and Jerry.

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1822 Daily National Intelligencer (Washington) 24 Oct. For the information of the Tom and Jerry Boys..the new Police Act..includes them in the treading business as well as others.

1833 Colonial Times (Hobart, Tasmania) 16 July We have now our ‘larks’, our Tom and Jerry rows, flooring charlies, breaking lamps, and such like signs of civilization.

1851 Madison (Indiana) Daily Banner 28 July They thought they would have an economical ‘bust’—a small sort of sober Tom and Jerry spree.

1901 Referee (Sydney) 2 Jan. 7/5 Young swells of the Tom and Jerry school, who were trying to revive the rowdiness and blackguardism that had existed some time before.

1912 Bookman Dec. 120/2 The old Tom and Jerry school..was not more admirable than its Bohemian and Crutch-and-Toothpick successors, in London and in Paris.

2003 Times 15 Aug. 35/6 A ‘Tom and Jerry Gang’ was a group of rowdy men devoted to drinking, gaming, womanising, and so on.

2. Tom and Jerry shop n. historical after mid 19th cent. a small tavern or alehouse, esp. one regarded as disreputable; = sense 8; cf. jerry-shop at jerry n.¹ 3.

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the world > food and drink > drink > drinking > drinking place > [noun] > tavern or public house > low drinking-house

sot's-hof1532

bousing ken1567

fuddling-school1680

sot-bay1707

night-cellar1729

sot-hole1755

lush-ken1790

lush-crib1819

Tom and Jerry shop1824

Tom and Jerry1836

deadfall1837

jerry1851

shoful1851

cribc1865

bucket-shop1875

barrel-house1883

lushing-ken1883

shebang1901

barrel shop1904

blood house1913

smoke joint1931

shypoo1936

smoke-shop1937

dive bar1974

1824 Bell's Life in London 29 Aug. 277/2 Glover..keeps what is termed a Tom and Jerry Shop in Oxford-road.

1915 Fortn. Rev. May 902 The passing of the Beerhouse Act in 1869..prevented the further multiplication of the ‘Tom and Jerry shops’.

2009 J. North in N. J. Watson Literary Tourism & 19th-cent. Culture iv. 59 Howitt..visits Coleridge's cottage and is startled to find that..the cottage itself has become a ‘Tom and Jerry shop’ (a low beer house).

3. attributive. Designating items of clothing reminiscent of Pierce Egan's characters Tom and Jerry, as Tom and Jerry coat, Tom and Jerry hat, etc. Now historical and rare.

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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > [adjective] > other

smalleOE

lightc1230

round1402

side-necked1430

wanton1489

Spanish1530

tucked1530

lustya1555

civil1582

open-breasted1598

full1601

everlasting1607

sheeten1611

nothinga1616

burly1651

pin-up1677

slouching1691

double-breasted1701

negligée1718

translated1727

uniform1746

undress1777

single-breasted1796

unworn1798

mamalone1799

costumic1801

safeguard1822

Tom and Jerry1830

lightweight1837

fancy dress1844

wrap-1845

hen-skin1846

Mary Stuart1846

well-cut1849

mousquetaire1851

empire1852

costumary1853

solid1859

spring weight1869

Henri II1870

western1881

hard-boiled1882

man-of-war1883

Henley1886

demi-season1890

Gretchen1890

toreador1892

crossover1893

French cut1896

drifty1897

boxy1898

Buster Brown1902

Romney1903

modistic1907

Peter Pan1908

classic1909

Fauntleroy1911

baby doll1912

flared1928

flare1929

tuck-in1929

unpressed1932

Edwardian1934

swingy1937

topless1937

wraparound1937

dressed-down1939

cover-up1942

Sun Yat-sen1942

utility1942

non-utility1948

sudsable1951

off-the-shoulder1953

peasant1953

flareless1954

A-line1955

matador1955

stretch1956

wash-and-wear1959

layered1962

Tom Jones1964

Carnaby Street1965

Action Man1966

Mao-style1967

wear-dated1968

thermal1970

bondage1980

swaggery1980

hoochie1990

mitumba1990

kinderwhore1994

1830 Boston Courier 30 Dec. 2/3 He describes the persons of the robbers as apparently young and dressed in ‘Tom-and-Jerry’ coats.

1854 Bury & Norwich Post 29 Mar. He had what we call a ‘tom and jerry hat’.

1893 Man of World 22 Feb. 1/2 A pretty brunette wore..a masculine ‘Tom and Jerry’ overcoat with velvet collar.

1900 Bulletin (Sydney) 17 Feb. 12/4 Except to a Cherry Ripe face, these hats are cruel without a veil, and a veil and a Tom-and-Jerry tile are not in keeping somehow.

1983 W. E. Vaughan Sin, Sheep & Scotsmen vi. 38 He claimed that Murray was wearing a ‘Tom and Jerry’ hat when attacked, but the police knew he had been wearing a cap.

4. Tom and Jerry days n. chiefly British (now rare) the period during which Pierce Egan's Life in London was set or performed; a time associated with this work or with the sort of lifestyle portrayed in it; esp. the time of the regency and reign of George IV.

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the world > time > relative time > the past > historical period > [noun] > other historical periods

antiquityc1375

Christian antiquity1577

the days of ignorance1652

the time of ignorance1652

dark ages1656

Lower Empire1668

the age of reason1792

Scythism1793

grand siècle1811

the Age of Enlightenment1825

the Hundred Days1827

Tom and Jerry days1840

regency1841

industrial age1843

Régence1845

viking age1847

ignorance1867

renascence1868

Renaissance1872

gilded age1874

jazz era1919

jazz age1920

post-war1934

steam age1941

postcolonialism1955

information age1960

1840 Age 1 Mar. 67/1 Never since the memorable Tom and Jerry days has any piece been attended with so much success.

1872 Morning Post 19 Apr. 7/4 It was a renewal of the old Tom and Jerry days, when people used to do such absurd things.

1930 E. Wingfield-Stratford Those Earnest Victorians xvi. 189 The Queen, and her aunt Adelaide before her, had set to work to purge their court from the taint of the Tom and Jerry days.

5. Chiefly U.S. attributive (in sense 9). Of, relating to, or designed for the drink Tom and Jerry (sense 9), as Tom and Jerry mixture, Tom and Jerry mug, etc.

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1864 N.Y. Times 6 Feb. 5/2 As he went over he struck a ‘Tom and Jerry’ bowl and fell.

1871 Barkeeper's Ready Ref. 118 Tom and Jerry Mugs, from $2 to $10 per doz.

1884 A. Barnes Compl. Bartender 25 2½ tablespoonsful of Tom and Jerry Mixture.

1908 Indianapolis Sun 4 Dec. 7/3 What's become of the ol'fashioned Tom an' Jerry bowl that used to set on the bar.

1976 K. Gunderson in C. G. Anderson Growing up in Minnesota 131 My father would make bowl after bowl of Tom and Jerry batter and invite anyone he could find in the apartment building in for a drink.

1998 San Jose (Calif.) Mercury News (Nexis) 9 Dec. 6 f Spoon the batter into Tom-and-Jerry mugs. Add 2 ounces of bourbon to each mug.

II. Simple uses.

†6. In plural. People considered to resemble the main characters in Pierce Egan's Life in London (1821), esp. in being given to drinking, gambling, and riotous living; rowdy or unruly young men considered collectively. Obsolete (chiefly historical after mid 19th cent.).

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the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > hot alcoholic drinks (with milk or eggs) > [noun] > punch > types of punch

rum punch1683

brandy-punch1689

milk punch1702

rack punch1713

tea-punch1728

rumbo1738

lime-punch1774

Tom and Jerries1822

poteen punch1826

Oxford punch1827

bimbo1837

mumbo-jum1837

1822 Royal Cornwall Gaz. 9 Nov. They are the Toms and Jerries of plebeian politicians, who must have the prospect, at least..of a riot to set them in motion.

1852 Morning Post 11 Nov. 4/4 The Tom and Jerrys that fooled it about town when the streets were lighted with oil and protected by Charlies, while gas, railways, and policemen were unknown.

1927 P. Herring Bold Bendigo xiv. 107 Deaf Burke was entertaining a party of Toms and Jerrys on the top of a coach and the gay dogs included several young swells who looked like cavalry officers in mufti.

7. An item of clothing, usually a coat or hat, reminiscent of Pierce Egan's characters Tom and Jerry. Now historical and rare.

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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > [noun] > other > article of

surplice1382

cento1610

fit1831

Tom and Jerry1832

breaster1841

princess cut1877

frump1886

trail1896

turn-down1896

peekaboo1908

see-through1937

zip-up1942

smart casual1943

classic1948

hipster1948

A-line1955

polo1967

tube1975

1832 New-Hampsh. Statesman 22 Dec. (advt.) Ready made clothes. Dress coats, Frocks, Pantaloons, Vests, and ‘Tom and Jerrys’.

1899 North Amer. (Philadelphia) 22 Apr. 4/5 It [sc. the play] is said to be, in theatrical parlance, ‘A warm member’... ‘The Manicure’ is another production that promises to get along without the necessity for heavy overcoats and Tom and Jerrys.

2007 E. Felten How's your Drink? ix. 179 A certain sort of rakish top hat was called a Tom and Jerry. Roguish waistcoats got the moniker, too.

†8. Chiefly British. A small tavern or alehouse, esp. one regarded as disreputable. Cf. Tom and Jerry shop n. at sense 2. Obsolete.

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the world > food and drink > drink > drinking > drinking place > [noun] > tavern or public house > low drinking-house

sot's-hof1532

bousing ken1567

fuddling-school1680

sot-bay1707

night-cellar1729

sot-hole1755

lush-ken1790

lush-crib1819

Tom and Jerry shop1824

Tom and Jerry1836

deadfall1837

jerry1851

shoful1851

cribc1865

bucket-shop1875

barrel-house1883

lushing-ken1883

shebang1901

barrel shop1904

blood house1913

smoke joint1931

shypoo1936

smoke-shop1937

dive bar1974

1836 Essex Standard 25 Nov. His father said that his conduct was entirely resulting from his frequenting the ‘Tom and Jerries’, where he associated with the worse of characters.

1850 Standard of Freedom 22 June 9/1 Thousands of beer-shops, Tom and Jerrys, or Kindley Winks..were opened, and the working man, instead of being tempted by one-sign..was beset with twenty.

1898 North-eastern Daily Gaz. (Middlesbrough) 25 Jan. All the licensed dram shops, ‘Tom and Jerries’, &c. in the country.

1913 E. E. Wilde Ingatestone & Essex Great Road ii. xxi. 331 Tom and Jerrys. This old name is still often used for a small beerhouse, though not many people can say why.

9. Chiefly U.S. An alcoholic drink resembling eggnog, made from eggs, rum, sugar, and spices, usually mixed with hot water and often brandy.

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the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > hot alcoholic drinks (with milk or eggs) > [noun] > nog

caudle ferrya1325

hen's milk1790

egg-hot1796

rumfustian1824

eggnog1825

egg flip1832

fustian1832

Tom and Jerry1840

nog1851

1840 T. C. Haliburton Let. Bag Great Western (U.K. ed.) xxvi. 284 No Tom and Jerrys, no gin and bitters.

1862 J. Thomas How to mix Drinks 69 To deal out Tom and Jerry to Customers.

1933 S. Walker Night Club Era 34 Nor would they ever make a Tom and Jerry or a mint julep or a Ramos fizz. Too much trouble.

1994 Minnesota Monthly Dec. 81/2 A Tom and Jerry or a hot buttered rum.

Derivatives

Tom and ˈJerryism n. now rare (historical in later use) rowdy or drunken behaviour, esp. as considered typical of young men of the Regency period.

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society > leisure > social event > a merrymaking or convivial occasion > merrymaking or conviviality > [noun] > noisy or riotous

riotingc1390

revelling1395

revelc1400

revelryc1410

revel-rout?1499

jetting1509

deray?a1513

company keeping1529

banqueting1535

roistingc1560

wassailinga1586

riotise1590

roister-doisterdom1592

reels1603

roaring1617

ranting1633

rattle1688

high jinks1699

roistering1805

spree1808

wassailry1814

revelment1822

Tom and Jerryism1822

spreeing1845

to be on the roister1860

riotousness1882

whoopee1928

1822 Examiner 2 June 346/2 The Tom and Jerryism of the time..is to be amply gleaned from Ben Jonson.

1900 J. K. Jerome Three Men on Bummel ix. 200 I tried driving a hansom cab once. That has always been regarded as the acme of modern Tom and Jerryism.

1987 P. A. Gilje Road to Mobocracy ix. 253 City officials openly winked at the throwing down of a few casks and empty barrels in the street, considering it mere ‘Tom and Jerryism’ and little more than harmless, drunken roistering.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	tom and jerry
释义	Tom and Jerryn. Brit. /ˌtɒm (ə)n(d) ˈdʒɛri/, U.S. /ˌtɑm ən ˈdʒɛri/ Inflections: Plural Tom and Jerries, Tom and Jerrys. Forms: 1800s Tom an' Jerry, 1800s– Tom and Jerry. Also plural (in sense 6): 1800s Toms and Jerries, 1800s–1900s Toms and Jerrys. Origin: From proper names, combined with an English element. Etymons: proper name Tom , and conj.¹, proper name Jerry. Etymology: < the male forename Tom (see Tom n.¹) + and conj.¹ + the male forename Jerry (see jerry n.¹), with allusion to the names of the two chief characters in Pierce Egan's Life in London (1821), and its 1828 sequel.The title of Egan's original work (1821) is Life in London, or Days and Nights of Jerry Hawthorne and his elegant friend Corinthian Tom; that of the 1828 sequel is Finish to the Adventures of Tom, Jerry, and Logic, whence apparently the order of the names in Tom and Jerry . With Tom and Jerry shop n. at sense 2 compare later jerry-shop at jerry n.¹ 3. I. Compounds. 1. attributive. Resembling Tom and Jerry, the main characters in Pierce Egan's Life in London (1821) who were given to drinking, gambling, and riotous living; reminiscent or characteristic of Tom and Jerry. ΚΠ 1822 Daily National Intelligencer (Washington) 24 Oct. For the information of the Tom and Jerry Boys..the new Police Act..includes them in the treading business as well as others. 1833 Colonial Times (Hobart, Tasmania) 16 July We have now our ‘larks’, our Tom and Jerry rows, flooring charlies, breaking lamps, and such like signs of civilization. 1851 Madison (Indiana) Daily Banner 28 July They thought they would have an economical ‘bust’—a small sort of sober Tom and Jerry spree. 1901 Referee (Sydney) 2 Jan. 7/5 Young swells of the Tom and Jerry school, who were trying to revive the rowdiness and blackguardism that had existed some time before. 1912 Bookman Dec. 120/2 The old Tom and Jerry school..was not more admirable than its Bohemian and Crutch-and-Toothpick successors, in London and in Paris. 2003 Times 15 Aug. 35/6 A ‘Tom and Jerry Gang’ was a group of rowdy men devoted to drinking, gaming, womanising, and so on. 2. Tom and Jerry shop n. historical after mid 19th cent. a small tavern or alehouse, esp. one regarded as disreputable; = sense 8; cf. jerry-shop at jerry n.¹ 3. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > drinking > drinking place > [noun] > tavern or public house > low drinking-house sot's-hof1532 bousing ken1567 fuddling-school1680 sot-bay1707 night-cellar1729 sot-hole1755 lush-ken1790 lush-crib1819 Tom and Jerry shop1824 Tom and Jerry1836 deadfall1837 jerry1851 shoful1851 cribc1865 bucket-shop1875 barrel-house1883 lushing-ken1883 shebang1901 barrel shop1904 blood house1913 smoke joint1931 shypoo1936 smoke-shop1937 dive bar1974 1824 Bell's Life in London 29 Aug. 277/2 Glover..keeps what is termed a Tom and Jerry Shop in Oxford-road. 1915 Fortn. Rev. May 902 The passing of the Beerhouse Act in 1869..prevented the further multiplication of the ‘Tom and Jerry shops’. 2009 J. North in N. J. Watson Literary Tourism & 19th-cent. Culture iv. 59 Howitt..visits Coleridge's cottage and is startled to find that..the cottage itself has become a ‘Tom and Jerry shop’ (a low beer house). 3. attributive. Designating items of clothing reminiscent of Pierce Egan's characters Tom and Jerry, as Tom and Jerry coat, Tom and Jerry hat, etc. Now historical and rare. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > [adjective] > other smalleOE lightc1230 round1402 side-necked1430 wanton1489 Spanish1530 tucked1530 lustya1555 civil1582 open-breasted1598 full1601 everlasting1607 sheeten1611 nothinga1616 burly1651 pin-up1677 slouching1691 double-breasted1701 negligée1718 translated1727 uniform1746 undress1777 single-breasted1796 unworn1798 mamalone1799 costumic1801 safeguard1822 Tom and Jerry1830 lightweight1837 fancy dress1844 wrap-1845 hen-skin1846 Mary Stuart1846 well-cut1849 mousquetaire1851 empire1852 costumary1853 solid1859 spring weight1869 Henri II1870 western1881 hard-boiled1882 man-of-war1883 Henley1886 demi-season1890 Gretchen1890 toreador1892 crossover1893 French cut1896 drifty1897 boxy1898 Buster Brown1902 Romney1903 modistic1907 Peter Pan1908 classic1909 Fauntleroy1911 baby doll1912 flared1928 flare1929 tuck-in1929 unpressed1932 Edwardian1934 swingy1937 topless1937 wraparound1937 dressed-down1939 cover-up1942 Sun Yat-sen1942 utility1942 non-utility1948 sudsable1951 off-the-shoulder1953 peasant1953 flareless1954 A-line1955 matador1955 stretch1956 wash-and-wear1959 layered1962 Tom Jones1964 Carnaby Street1965 Action Man1966 Mao-style1967 wear-dated1968 thermal1970 bondage1980 swaggery1980 hoochie1990 mitumba1990 kinderwhore1994 1830 Boston Courier 30 Dec. 2/3 He describes the persons of the robbers as apparently young and dressed in ‘Tom-and-Jerry’ coats. 1854 Bury & Norwich Post 29 Mar. He had what we call a ‘tom and jerry hat’. 1893 Man of World 22 Feb. 1/2 A pretty brunette wore..a masculine ‘Tom and Jerry’ overcoat with velvet collar. 1900 Bulletin (Sydney) 17 Feb. 12/4 Except to a Cherry Ripe face, these hats are cruel without a veil, and a veil and a Tom-and-Jerry tile are not in keeping somehow. 1983 W. E. Vaughan Sin, Sheep & Scotsmen vi. 38 He claimed that Murray was wearing a ‘Tom and Jerry’ hat when attacked, but the police knew he had been wearing a cap. 4. Tom and Jerry days n. chiefly British (now rare) the period during which Pierce Egan's Life in London was set or performed; a time associated with this work or with the sort of lifestyle portrayed in it; esp. the time of the regency and reign of George IV. ΘΚΠ the world > time > relative time > the past > historical period > [noun] > other historical periods antiquityc1375 Christian antiquity1577 the days of ignorance1652 the time of ignorance1652 dark ages1656 Lower Empire1668 the age of reason1792 Scythism1793 grand siècle1811 the Age of Enlightenment1825 the Hundred Days1827 Tom and Jerry days1840 regency1841 industrial age1843 Régence1845 viking age1847 ignorance1867 renascence1868 Renaissance1872 gilded age1874 jazz era1919 jazz age1920 post-war1934 steam age1941 postcolonialism1955 information age1960 1840 Age 1 Mar. 67/1 Never since the memorable Tom and Jerry days has any piece been attended with so much success. 1872 Morning Post 19 Apr. 7/4 It was a renewal of the old Tom and Jerry days, when people used to do such absurd things. 1930 E. Wingfield-Stratford Those Earnest Victorians xvi. 189 The Queen, and her aunt Adelaide before her, had set to work to purge their court from the taint of the Tom and Jerry days. 5. Chiefly U.S. attributive (in sense 9). Of, relating to, or designed for the drink Tom and Jerry (sense 9), as Tom and Jerry mixture, Tom and Jerry mug, etc. ΚΠ 1864 N.Y. Times 6 Feb. 5/2 As he went over he struck a ‘Tom and Jerry’ bowl and fell. 1871 Barkeeper's Ready Ref. 118 Tom and Jerry Mugs, from $2 to $10 per doz. 1884 A. Barnes Compl. Bartender 25 2½ tablespoonsful of Tom and Jerry Mixture. 1908 Indianapolis Sun 4 Dec. 7/3 What's become of the ol'fashioned Tom an' Jerry bowl that used to set on the bar. 1976 K. Gunderson in C. G. Anderson Growing up in Minnesota 131 My father would make bowl after bowl of Tom and Jerry batter and invite anyone he could find in the apartment building in for a drink. 1998 San Jose (Calif.) Mercury News (Nexis) 9 Dec. 6 f Spoon the batter into Tom-and-Jerry mugs. Add 2 ounces of bourbon to each mug. II. Simple uses. †6. In plural. People considered to resemble the main characters in Pierce Egan's Life in London (1821), esp. in being given to drinking, gambling, and riotous living; rowdy or unruly young men considered collectively. Obsolete (chiefly historical after mid 19th cent.). ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > hot alcoholic drinks (with milk or eggs) > [noun] > punch > types of punch rum punch1683 brandy-punch1689 milk punch1702 rack punch1713 tea-punch1728 rumbo1738 lime-punch1774 Tom and Jerries1822 poteen punch1826 Oxford punch1827 bimbo1837 mumbo-jum1837 1822 Royal Cornwall Gaz. 9 Nov. They are the Toms and Jerries of plebeian politicians, who must have the prospect, at least..of a riot to set them in motion. 1852 Morning Post 11 Nov. 4/4 The Tom and Jerrys that fooled it about town when the streets were lighted with oil and protected by Charlies, while gas, railways, and policemen were unknown. 1927 P. Herring Bold Bendigo xiv. 107 Deaf Burke was entertaining a party of Toms and Jerrys on the top of a coach and the gay dogs included several young swells who looked like cavalry officers in mufti. 7. An item of clothing, usually a coat or hat, reminiscent of Pierce Egan's characters Tom and Jerry. Now historical and rare. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > [noun] > other > article of surplice1382 cento1610 fit1831 Tom and Jerry1832 breaster1841 princess cut1877 frump1886 trail1896 turn-down1896 peekaboo1908 see-through1937 zip-up1942 smart casual1943 classic1948 hipster1948 A-line1955 polo1967 tube1975 1832 New-Hampsh. Statesman 22 Dec. (advt.) Ready made clothes. Dress coats, Frocks, Pantaloons, Vests, and ‘Tom and Jerrys’. 1899 North Amer. (Philadelphia) 22 Apr. 4/5 It [sc. the play] is said to be, in theatrical parlance, ‘A warm member’... ‘The Manicure’ is another production that promises to get along without the necessity for heavy overcoats and Tom and Jerrys. 2007 E. Felten How's your Drink? ix. 179 A certain sort of rakish top hat was called a Tom and Jerry. Roguish waistcoats got the moniker, too. †8. Chiefly British. A small tavern or alehouse, esp. one regarded as disreputable. Cf. Tom and Jerry shop n. at sense 2. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > drinking > drinking place > [noun] > tavern or public house > low drinking-house sot's-hof1532 bousing ken1567 fuddling-school1680 sot-bay1707 night-cellar1729 sot-hole1755 lush-ken1790 lush-crib1819 Tom and Jerry shop1824 Tom and Jerry1836 deadfall1837 jerry1851 shoful1851 cribc1865 bucket-shop1875 barrel-house1883 lushing-ken1883 shebang1901 barrel shop1904 blood house1913 smoke joint1931 shypoo1936 smoke-shop1937 dive bar1974 1836 Essex Standard 25 Nov. His father said that his conduct was entirely resulting from his frequenting the ‘Tom and Jerries’, where he associated with the worse of characters. 1850 Standard of Freedom 22 June 9/1 Thousands of beer-shops, Tom and Jerrys, or Kindley Winks..were opened, and the working man, instead of being tempted by one-sign..was beset with twenty. 1898 North-eastern Daily Gaz. (Middlesbrough) 25 Jan. All the licensed dram shops, ‘Tom and Jerries’, &c. in the country. 1913 E. E. Wilde Ingatestone & Essex Great Road ii. xxi. 331 Tom and Jerrys. This old name is still often used for a small beerhouse, though not many people can say why. 9. Chiefly U.S. An alcoholic drink resembling eggnog, made from eggs, rum, sugar, and spices, usually mixed with hot water and often brandy. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > hot alcoholic drinks (with milk or eggs) > [noun] > nog caudle ferrya1325 hen's milk1790 egg-hot1796 rumfustian1824 eggnog1825 egg flip1832 fustian1832 Tom and Jerry1840 nog1851 1840 T. C. Haliburton Let. Bag Great Western (U.K. ed.) xxvi. 284 No Tom and Jerrys, no gin and bitters. 1862 J. Thomas How to mix Drinks 69 To deal out Tom and Jerry to Customers. 1933 S. Walker Night Club Era 34 Nor would they ever make a Tom and Jerry or a mint julep or a Ramos fizz. Too much trouble. 1994 Minnesota Monthly Dec. 81/2 A Tom and Jerry or a hot buttered rum. Derivatives Tom and ˈJerryism n. now rare (historical in later use) rowdy or drunken behaviour, esp. as considered typical of young men of the Regency period. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > social event > a merrymaking or convivial occasion > merrymaking or conviviality > [noun] > noisy or riotous riotingc1390 revelling1395 revelc1400 revelryc1410 revel-rout?1499 jetting1509 deray?a1513 company keeping1529 banqueting1535 roistingc1560 wassailinga1586 riotise1590 roister-doisterdom1592 reels1603 roaring1617 ranting1633 rattle1688 high jinks1699 roistering1805 spree1808 wassailry1814 revelment1822 Tom and Jerryism1822 spreeing1845 to be on the roister1860 riotousness1882 whoopee1928 1822 Examiner 2 June 346/2 The Tom and Jerryism of the time..is to be amply gleaned from Ben Jonson. 1900 J. K. Jerome Three Men on Bummel ix. 200 I tried driving a hansom cab once. That has always been regarded as the acme of modern Tom and Jerryism. 1987 P. A. Gilje Road to Mobocracy ix. 253 City officials openly winked at the throwing down of a few casks and empty barrels in the street, considering it mere ‘Tom and Jerryism’ and little more than harmless, drunken roistering. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). † Tom and Jerryv. Origin: Apparently formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: Tom and Jerry n. Etymology: Apparently < Tom and Jerry n. (although this is first attested very slightly later). Obsolete. transitive with it. To behave in a manner considered typical of young men of the Regency period; to indulge in drinking, gambling, riotous behaviour, etc. Cf. Tom and Jerry n. 1. ΚΠ 1822 News 25 Mar. 95/3 Mr G. B. R—, who is a Student of Law in the Temple, stated his case, from which it appeared that himself and a friend had been ‘Tom and Jerrying it’ on the previous Thursday night. 1829 W. Irving Let. 23 May in Life & Lett. (1864) II. 387 We are too apt to take our ideas of English life from such vulgar sources as Tom and Jerry, and we appear to be Tom and Jerrying it to perfection in New York. Derivatives Tom and Jerrying n. rowdy or drunken behaviour of a type considered typical of young men of the Regency period. ΚΠ 1824 New Monthly Mag. 10 64 Didn't waste my health and my money in drinking and raking. No Tom-and-Jerrying in those days. 1870 Once a Week 29 Oct. 266/1 Rich young men, noblemen, gentlemen..sallied out of a night, bent upon what Old Daylight called ‘Tom and Jerrying’. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1822v.1822
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