单词 | trick-or-treater |
释义 | trick-or-treatern. Originally North American. A person, usually a child, who goes trick-or-treating at Halloween. See trick-or-treating n. ΚΠ 1937 Corvallis (Oregon) Gaz.-Times 1 Nov. 1/6 Mrs. E. W. Warrington..[reported] a window..broken by some boys throwing slightly old tomatoes... They were ‘trick or treaters’, she believed, who hadn't gotten any treats. 1969 Bakersfield Californian 19 Oct. 20/2 Add..rouge and lipstick for a clown face, and send your little trick-or-treater out for a memorable evening. 2013 A. Gibbons Raining Fire xvi. 204 Trick or treaters. Good job I remembered to get a few multi-packs of sweets. They egged the window last year. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2020; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1937 |
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