| 单词 | wild-cat whisky |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswild-cat whisky b. figurative. Applied to banks in the western United States which, before the passing of the National Bank Act of 1863, fraudulently issued notes with little or no capital, or to their notes or transactions; hence extended to unsound or risky business enterprises generally; also to illicit businesses or their products (e.g. wild-cat whisky); and more widely to reckless, rash, or extravagant undertakings, statements, etc. (cf. wild adj. 13), and (colloquially) with reference to wildcat strikes (see Compounds 2 below).This application is said to have arisen from the fact that the notes of a bank in Michigan bore the device of a panther, locally known by the name ‘wild cat’. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > business affairs > [adjective] > unsound wild cat1838 society > trade and finance > money > counterfeiting > [adjective] falsec1000 badc1405 counterfeit1556 queer1740 forged1817 wild cat1838 bogus1839 smashing1857 counterfeited1886 society > trade and finance > financial dealings > banking > [noun] > bank > other types of bank merchant bank1620 land-bank1696 private bank1696 paper bankc1720 national bank1736 bank of circulation1767 bank of deposit1767 corporate bank1780 state bank1791 branch bank1796 reserve bank1816 investment bank1824 bank of issue1831 commercial bank1838 red dog1838 wild cat1838 central bank1841 national bank1864 investment house1878 issue house1878 clearing-bank1883 issuing house1890 member bank1914 custodian1915 merchant banker1924 Swiss bank1949 development bank1950 Transcash1982 telephone bank1985 bancassurer1991 the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > distilled drink > whisky > [noun] > illicit whisky poteen1809 mountain dew1816 poteen whiskey1816 white whisky1822 pine-top1858 white mule1880 wild-cat whisky1881 brush whisky1885 wild cat1887 white lightning1907 the world > action or operation > manner of action > carelessness > incautiousness > [adjective] > rash or reckless > specifically of actions, feelings, etc. recklessOE racklec1405 savagec1425 rash1533 hot-brained1556 rashful1567 blindfold1593 lavish1600 wretchless1607 blind1615 hand over head1682 wild goose1770 plunging1798 wild cat1890 (like a) bull at a (five-barred) gate1896 1838 The Jeffersonian (Albany, N.Y.) 14 Apr. 72/3 About 400 Irishmen working on the canal, took offence at being paid in ‘Wild Cat’ money, instead of Illinois. 1839 C. M. Kirkland New Home xxxi. 205 Once in the grasp of a ‘wild cat bank,’ his struggles were unavailing. a1854 W. North Slave of Lamp 38 Much bogus coin and wild-cat, red dog bills are in circulation. 1881 T. Hughes Rugby, Tennessee ii. v Wild-cat whisky—or ‘moonshine’ as the favourite illicit beverage of the mountains is called. 1890 Daily News 12 Nov. 6/2 In no way did I undertake to uphold Major Barttelot in any wild-cat expedition. 1959 Daily Tel. 31 Dec. 11/2 ‘Wildcat’ risk in bank staffs. 1973 Black Panther 29 Sept. 3/3 A majority of the Black workers..voted..to reject the union proposal, upholding the original wildcat demand. 1976 M. Machlin Pipeline xix. 241 Some people think it was some wildcat members of 798 that set them after the company laid off about a hundred of them. < as lemmas |
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