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单词 trick-or-treater
释义

trick-or-treatern.

Brit. /ˌtrɪkɔːˈtriːtə/, U.S. /ˌtrɪkərˈtridər/, /ˈtrɪkərˌtridər/, Canadian English /ˌtrɪkərˈtridər/
Forms: also without hyphens.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: trick or treat int., -er suffix1.
Etymology: < trick or treat int. + -er suffix1. Compare later trick-or-treat v.
Originally North American.
A person, usually a child, who goes trick-or-treating at Halloween. See trick-or-treating n.
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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).
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