单词 | tottenham |
释义 | Tottenhamn. . ΘΚΠ the world > time > change > change to something else, transformation > change of direction, reversion > reversal [phrase] Tottenham is turned French1546 to turn the tables1612 to have one's heart in one's boots (also shoes, heels, hose, etc.)1642 the boot is on the other leg1854 the shoe is on the other foot1933 the wheel has come full circle1944 1546 J. Heywood Dialogue Prouerbes Eng. Tongue i. vii. sig. Biv Their faces told toies, yt Totnam was turnd frenche. 1581 A. Hall tr. Homer 10 Bks. Iliades iv. 60 Do what thou canst, the time wil come that Totnam French shal turn; The Gods and I will so prouide. a1661 T. Fuller Worthies (1662) ii. 178 Tottenham is turn'd French... It seems about the beginning of the Reign of King Henry the eigth, French Mechanicks swarmed in England, to the great prejudice of English Artisans. b. Tottenham Pudding n. feed for pigs or poultry, consisting of sterilized kitchen waste. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > animal food > [noun] > food eaten by birds > poultry food gobbetc1384 shack1536 patoun1600 cram1614 chicken meat1684 soilinga1825 chicken feed1843 cram-cake1888 laying meal1908 laying mash1926 Tottenham Pudding1944 balancer meal1950 balancer mash1955 the world > food and drink > food > animal food > [noun] > fodder > pig fodder > other pig fodder defrutc1420 hog meata1500 shack1536 hog potato1776 pig potato1796 Tottenham Pudding1944 1944 Halnan & Garner Princ. & Pract. Feeding Farm Animals (ed. 2) xvi. 329 In the process of cooking the waste..sets to a firm..‘pudding’ which finds a ready market for feeding to pigs and poultry. Since this pudding was first produced in..Tottenham..such prepared food is known as ‘Tottenham Pudding’. 1966 ‘K. Nicholson’ Hook, Line & Sinker viii. 91 He's a Large White... In the winter, he has his quota of Tottenham Pudding—that's concentrated swill, sterilised by steam. 1980 Good Housek. Dec. 226/6 The days of muck and mystery, when poultry were fed on ‘Tottenham Pudding’—kitchen waste from hotels and restaurants, boiled up and sterilised. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < |
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