单词 | weekender |
释义 | weekendern. 1. colloquial. A person who spends time in a certain place only at the weekend, esp. for leisure or recreation; a weekend tourist. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > holiday-making or tourism > [noun] > holiday-maker or tourist > types of waterer1776 summer boarder1826 honeymooner1832 weekender1880 beacher1923 visiting fireman1926 beach boy1939 ecotourist1985 dark tourist2000 1880 Notes & Queries 6th Ser. 1 42 Lodging-house keepers and tradesmen in Llandudno, Rhyl, and other holiday resorts in n. Wales, employ the derivative form ‘week-enders’..when they speak of..visitors who come on Saturday and go on Monday. 1901 C. G. Harper Great North Road I. 144 Three bedrooms for the use of the week-enders. 1935 M. F. K. Fisher in Westways Feb. 19/1 The upper end of the village proper, with the housing and amusement of impecunious weekenders its main excuse, is plainly hideous. 1972 Washington Post 16 Oct. a16 Mostly, the weekenders have sped up the thruway from New York City, two or three to a car. 2007 Independent 4 Apr. (Property section) 2/6 Although we're in the middle of the sticks, a lot of people from London have come to live here and there are a lot of weekenders. It's Poshtershire. 2. colloquial. a. Originally U.S. A recreational or leisure event, such as a short holiday, a party, etc., taking place over a weekend. ΚΠ 1916 M. Aldrich Told in French Garden i. 37 We neither of us want company, but let's, at least, have a big week ender. 1942 Billboard 22 Aug. 42/2 Two week-enders at Pittsburgh spots... Both parks..will have two week-end openings instead of one. 1965 Syracuse (N.Y.) Herald-Jrnl. 20 Aug. ii. 17/1 He and his wife..took a weekender through the Central Adirondacks. 1979 Washington Post (Nexis) 27 Apr. 10 The Robert Morris Inn on the Tred Avon River in Oxford..is a perfect choice for a restorative overnighter or weekender. 1999 Mixmag Apr. 7/2 He must be doing something right, as this 24th weekender is nearly sold out already. 2011 Independent 17 Feb. (Viewspaper section) 19/2 Laliberté..invited him to his Montreal mansion for one of his Grand Prix parties—decadent weekenders filled with A-listers and acrobats. b. Chiefly Australian. A holiday home, esp. for use at the weekend. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > a dwelling > a house > types of house > [noun] > summer house or holiday house summer houseOE pleasure house1590 mahal1610 aestivation1625 summer cottage1638 cottage1805 Swiss cottage1820 summer home1821 casita1822 chalet1853 bathing-box1883 rest home1889 dacha1896 housekeeping cottage1901 weekend cottage1911 weekender1921 bach1940 hafod1952 gite1964 getaway1968 vacation home1969 timeshare1974 share1984 1921 Bulletin (Sydney) 14 Apr. 56/3 A man..bought a week-ender which he confessedly didn't intend to inhabit for more than four months of the year. 1930 Biz (Fairfield, New S. Wales) 21 Mar. 7/5 Mr Frank Murphy, of Liverpool, commenced his annual leave on Monday, and will spend his holidays at his ‘week-ender’ at Dangar Island. 1967 E. Hunt Danger Game iii. 59 He had a week-ender at Palm Beach and a lovely car. 2004 Vogue Living (Austral.) May 145/1 The corrugated steel, timber and glass home is his own weekender. c. U.S. A bag or case suitable for carrying everything needed for a weekend away from home; a weekend bag. ΘΚΠ society > travel > aspects of travel > a journey > [noun] > luggage > travelling bag cloak-bagc1540 mallet1612 Peter1667 sac de nuit1814 carpet-bag1830 roll-up1831 pikau1836 travelling bag1838 swag1853 suit bag1869 bluey1878 Matilda1889 shiralee1892 port1898 handgrip1915 sea-bag1918 blanket pack1920 weekender1929 valpack1934 weekend bag1946 swag bag1951 1929 Syracuse (N.Y.) Herald 28 Apr. 3/3 Hereabout almost everybody is carrying a bag. Not a ‘little black bag’, but a good substantial week-ender which maintains close alliance with a trunk. 1961 Harper's Bazaar June 24/2 A capacious week~ender in pale coffee-bean hide. 1980 TWA Ambassador Oct. 99/1 You'll use the Kluge Bag like a week-ender too, because it's just as easy to carry on and a whole lot better. 2007 Condé Nast Traveller (U.K. ed.) May 228/1 (advt.) The Capri handbag and weekender in summer pink are the only way to travel this summer. d. A small pleasure boat, esp. for use at the weekend. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > pleasure vessel > [noun] > small knockabout1904 weekender1932 1932 Yachting July 27/2 Mermerus, 36-foot converted ‘R’ boat of exceptional beauty and wholesomeness, is to us the ideal week-ender. 1975 J. Gores Hammett xix. 132 Sharp-prowed racing sloops and thick-waisted weekenders flashed dripping flanks at them, mostly from moorings. 1988 Motor Boat & Yachting Oct. 135/1 It is a..powerful open-cockpit weekender: the sort of craft that would be bought by someone with a Mediterranean holiday home who wants a boat for day trips, with only the occasional night spent aboard. 2011 N.Z. Herald (Nexis) 5 Mar. So what does a modern trailer boat need to be considered a practical weekender? 3. slang (originally U.S.). A person who uses recreational drugs occasionally, esp. at the weekend. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > use of drugs and poison > [noun] > drug-user > occasional user weekender1955 1955 H. Braddy in Amer. Speech 30 89 The metonym weekender for an occasional user of drugs. 1970 Times 23 Feb. (Canada Suppl.) p. iv The..clinic..studied amphetamine abusers..and ran into..‘weekenders’ (spasmodic drug-takers) who needed ‘speed’ to get through school and personal crises. 1974 Amer. Jrnl. Sociol. 79 819 Half of the weekenders were gainfully employed, but only one-fifth of the hardcore. 1998 S. Reynolds Energy Flash 407 Weekenders for whom E is just another tool for ‘oblivating’ the boredom of workaday life. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2014; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1880 |
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