Tom Walkern.¹

Brit.

/ˌtɒm ˈwɔːkə/, U.S.

/ˌtɑm ˈwɔkər/,

/ˌtɑm ˈwɑkər/

Origin: From proper names. Etymons: proper name Tom, Walker.

Etymology: < the male forename Tom (see Tom n.¹) + the surname Walker.The association of the name with the devil appears to originate either in the title of Washington Irving’s 1824 short story The Devil and Tom Walker, or in a pre-existing New England expression (for which evidence earlier than Irving has not been found) which influenced the story; compare quot. 1824 at sense 1.

U.S. regional (originally New England).

1. the Devil and Tom Walker: used to express surprise, exasperation, etc., and in similes. Cf. devil n. Phrases 1d, devil n. Phrases 2. Similarly the deuce and Tom Walker (cf. deuce n.² b), the dickens and Tom Walker (cf. dickens n. 3a).

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1824 W. Irving Tales of Traveller I. 272 The story has resolved itself into a proverb, and is the origin of that popular saying, so prevalent throughout New England, of ‘The Devil and Tom Walker’.

1832 Boston Morning Post 13 Oct. Litigation runs in the blood of some families..and when it once gets in it will puzzle the deuce and Tom. Walker to get it out again.

1889 Wade's Fibre & Fabric 18 May 93/2 Where the Dickens and Tom Walker do you hang out now?

1919 Lockhart (Texas) Post-Reg. 18 Dec. I like the Legion boys' way of doing business: fight back like the devil and Tom Walker.

1938 Hutchinson (Kansas) News 21 June 4/4 Working like the devil and Tom Walker.

1963 Bluefield (W. Va.) Daily Tel. 23 Feb. 1/4 ‘The devil and Tom Walker,’ I said to myself..‘There must be something wrong here.’

1999 Capital Times (Madison, Wisconsin) 1 July 15 a/1 The devil and Tom Walker! Do you have any idea the extent to which the federal courts..have prevented the Texas Lege [i.e. Legislature] from wreaking mayhem all these years?

2. A name for: the Devil. rare.

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the world > the supernatural > deity > a devil > the Devil or Satan > [noun]

devileOE

Beelzebubc950

the foul ghosteOE

SatanOE

warlockOE

SatanasOE

worsea1200

unwinea1225

wondc1250

quedea1275

pucka1300

serpenta1300

dragon1340

shrew1362

Apollyon1382

the god of this worldc1384

Mahoundc1400

leviathan1412

worsta1425

old enemyc1449

Ruffin1567

dismal1570

Plotcocka1578

the Wicked One1582

goodman1603

Mahu1603

foul thief1609

somebody1609

legiona1616

Lord of Flies1622

walliman1629

shaitan1638

Old Nicka1643

Nick1647

unsel?1675

old gentleman1681

old boy1692

the gentleman in black1693

deuce1694

Black Spy1699

the vicious one1713

worricow1719

Old Roger1725

Lord of the Flies1727

Simmie1728

Old Scratch1734

Old Harry1777

Old Poker1784

Auld Hornie1786

old (auld), ill thief1789

old one1790

little-good1821

Tom Walker1833

bogy1840

diabolarch1845

Old Ned1859

iniquity1899

1833 S. Smith Life & Writings Major Jack Downing xxxvi. 139 They always would have their way in spite of every body and Tom Walker besides.

1958 Virginia Q. Rev. Spring 261 He whispered: ‘Old Tom Walker under your hat. Father, son and holy ghost,’ the way blue-eyed Dulcie would have done.

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

Tom Walkern.²

Brit.

/ˌtɒm ˈwɔːkə/, U.S.

/ˌtɑm ˈwɔkər/,

/ˌtɑm ˈwɑkər/

Forms:

α. 1800s– Tom Walker.

β. 1900s– Tommy Walker.

Also with lower-case initial(s) and as one word.

Origin: Probably from a proper name, combined with an English element. Etymons: proper name Tom , walker n.¹

Etymology: Probably < the male forename Tom (see Tom n.¹) + walker n.¹In β. forms with alteration of the first element after Tommy, pet form of the male forename Thomas (see Tommy n.¹). Dict. Amer. Regional Eng. also records the words jake walker, jerry walker, and johnny walker, in the same sense, in 20th-cent. use from southern and South Midland states.

U.S. regional (chiefly southern and south Midland).

Each of a pair of stilts. Usually in plural.

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society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > other means of conveyance > [noun] > stilts

stiltc1440

scatch1542

Tom Walker1899

1899 B. W. Green Word-bk. Virginia Folk-speech 395 Tom-walkers, Stilts on which boys walk.

1923 News (Frederick, Maryland) 24 Dec. 11/5 (advt.) Tomorrow being Christmas we are going to give to the first one hundred boys that call at our Market Street Store a pair of ‘tommy walkers’.

1975 Cherokeean (Rusk, Texas) 15 May 12/3 Among the games planned are a Tom Walker race, pogo stick race..and many others.

1985 B. Henry in L. G. Page & H. Smith Foxfire Bk. Toys & Games vi. 193 We used to make what we called Tommy Walkers. We'd make those things and walk around.

2013 @jspencer2020 9 Aug. in twitter.com (O.E.D. Archive) Wish I had photo of me and my pals at swimming hole, shooting marbles, walking on Tom walkers, kickin the can.

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

单词	tom walker
释义	Tom Walkern.¹ Brit. /ˌtɒm ˈwɔːkə/, U.S. /ˌtɑm ˈwɔkər/, /ˌtɑm ˈwɑkər/ Origin: From proper names. Etymons: proper name Tom, Walker. Etymology: < the male forename Tom (see Tom n.¹) + the surname Walker.The association of the name with the devil appears to originate either in the title of Washington Irving’s 1824 short story The Devil and Tom Walker, or in a pre-existing New England expression (for which evidence earlier than Irving has not been found) which influenced the story; compare quot. 1824 at sense 1. U.S. regional (originally New England). 1. the Devil and Tom Walker: used to express surprise, exasperation, etc., and in similes. Cf. devil n. Phrases 1d, devil n. Phrases 2. Similarly the deuce and Tom Walker (cf. deuce n.² b), the dickens and Tom Walker (cf. dickens n. 3a). ΚΠ 1824 W. Irving Tales of Traveller I. 272 The story has resolved itself into a proverb, and is the origin of that popular saying, so prevalent throughout New England, of ‘The Devil and Tom Walker’. 1832 Boston Morning Post 13 Oct. Litigation runs in the blood of some families..and when it once gets in it will puzzle the deuce and Tom. Walker to get it out again. 1889 Wade's Fibre & Fabric 18 May 93/2 Where the Dickens and Tom Walker do you hang out now? 1919 Lockhart (Texas) Post-Reg. 18 Dec. I like the Legion boys' way of doing business: fight back like the devil and Tom Walker. 1938 Hutchinson (Kansas) News 21 June 4/4 Working like the devil and Tom Walker. 1963 Bluefield (W. Va.) Daily Tel. 23 Feb. 1/4 ‘The devil and Tom Walker,’ I said to myself..‘There must be something wrong here.’ 1999 Capital Times (Madison, Wisconsin) 1 July 15 a/1 The devil and Tom Walker! Do you have any idea the extent to which the federal courts..have prevented the Texas Lege [i.e. Legislature] from wreaking mayhem all these years? 2. A name for: the Devil. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > deity > a devil > the Devil or Satan > [noun] devileOE Beelzebubc950 the foul ghosteOE SatanOE warlockOE SatanasOE worsea1200 unwinea1225 wondc1250 quedea1275 pucka1300 serpenta1300 dragon1340 shrew1362 Apollyon1382 the god of this worldc1384 Mahoundc1400 leviathan1412 worsta1425 old enemyc1449 Ruffin1567 dismal1570 Plotcocka1578 the Wicked One1582 goodman1603 Mahu1603 foul thief1609 somebody1609 legiona1616 Lord of Flies1622 walliman1629 shaitan1638 Old Nicka1643 Nick1647 unsel?1675 old gentleman1681 old boy1692 the gentleman in black1693 deuce1694 Black Spy1699 the vicious one1713 worricow1719 Old Roger1725 Lord of the Flies1727 Simmie1728 Old Scratch1734 Old Harry1777 Old Poker1784 Auld Hornie1786 old (auld), ill thief1789 old one1790 little-good1821 Tom Walker1833 bogy1840 diabolarch1845 Old Ned1859 iniquity1899 1833 S. Smith Life & Writings Major Jack Downing xxxvi. 139 They always would have their way in spite of every body and Tom Walker besides. 1958 Virginia Q. Rev. Spring 261 He whispered: ‘Old Tom Walker under your hat. Father, son and holy ghost,’ the way blue-eyed Dulcie would have done. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). Tom Walkern.² Brit. /ˌtɒm ˈwɔːkə/, U.S. /ˌtɑm ˈwɔkər/, /ˌtɑm ˈwɑkər/ Forms: α. 1800s– Tom Walker. β. 1900s– Tommy Walker. Also with lower-case initial(s) and as one word. Origin: Probably from a proper name, combined with an English element. Etymons: proper name Tom , walker n.¹ Etymology: Probably < the male forename Tom (see Tom n.¹) + walker n.¹In β. forms with alteration of the first element after Tommy, pet form of the male forename Thomas (see Tommy n.¹). Dict. Amer. Regional Eng. also records the words jake walker, jerry walker, and johnny walker, in the same sense, in 20th-cent. use from southern and South Midland states. U.S. regional (chiefly southern and south Midland). Each of a pair of stilts. Usually in plural. ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > other means of conveyance > [noun] > stilts stiltc1440 scatch1542 Tom Walker1899 1899 B. W. Green Word-bk. Virginia Folk-speech 395 Tom-walkers, Stilts on which boys walk. 1923 News (Frederick, Maryland) 24 Dec. 11/5 (advt.) Tomorrow being Christmas we are going to give to the first one hundred boys that call at our Market Street Store a pair of ‘tommy walkers’. 1975 Cherokeean (Rusk, Texas) 15 May 12/3 Among the games planned are a Tom Walker race, pogo stick race..and many others. 1985 B. Henry in L. G. Page & H. Smith Foxfire Bk. Toys & Games vi. 193 We used to make what we called Tommy Walkers. We'd make those things and walk around. 2013 @jspencer2020 9 Aug. in twitter.com (O.E.D. Archive) Wish I had photo of me and my pals at swimming hole, shooting marbles, walking on Tom walkers, kickin the can. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.¹1824n.²1899
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