单词 | whip-handle |
释义 | > as lemmaswhip-handle whip-handle n. Brit. /ˈwɪpˌhandl/ , U.S. /ˈ(h)wɪpˌhænd(ə)l/ the handle of a whip, a whipstock; also figurative (see quot. 1653; with quot. 1861 cf. whip hand n. 2).ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > bodily height > shortness > [noun] > person dwarfeOE congeonc1230 go-by-ground?a1300 smalla1300 shrimpc1386 griga1400 gruba1400 murche1440 nirvil1440 mitinga1450 witherling1528 wretchocka1529 elf1530 hop-o'-my-thumb1530 pygmy1533 little person1538 manikin1540 mankin1552 dandiprat1556 yrle1568 grundy1570 Jack Sprat1570 squall1570 manling1573 Tom Thumb1579 pinka1585 squib1586 screaling1594 giant-dwarf1598 twattle1598 agate1600 minimus1600 cock sparrow1602 dapperling1611 modicum1611 scrub1611 sesquipedalian1615 dwarflinga1618 wretchcock1641 homuncio1643 whip-handle1653 homuncule1656 whippersnapper1674 chitterling1675 sprite1684 carliea1689 urling1691 wirling1691 dwarf man1699 poppet1699 durgan1706 short-arse1706 tomtit1706 Lilliputian1726 wallydraigle1736 midge1757 minikin1761 squeeze-crab1785 minimum1796 niff-naff1808 titman1818 teetotum1822 squita1825 cradden1825 nyaff1825 weed1825 pinkeen1850 fingerling1864 Lilliput1867 thumbling1867 midget1869 inch1884 shorty1888 titch1888 skimpling1890 stub1890 scrap1898 pygmoid1922 lofty1933 peewee1935 smidgen1952 pint-size1954 pint-sized1973 munchkin1974 society > authority > control > [noun] steera900 governaila1382 governancea1393 controlment1495 moderation1526 control1583 command1642 whip-handle1861 whip-hold1895 society > occupation and work > equipment > tool > parts of tools generally > [noun] > handle > of specific tool > of whip whipstock1530 crop1562 whipstalk1592 whipstaff1599 whip-shaft1849 whip-handle1911 1653 T. Urquhart tr. F. Rabelais 2nd Bk. Wks. xxvii. 176 These little ends of men and dandiprats, whom in Scotland they call whiphandles [Fr. manches d'estrilles]. 1861 in Cent. Mag. (1889) Oct. 932/2 They know that we shall keep the whip-handle. 1911 C. E. W. Bean ‘Dreadnought’ of Darling xxxv Joe Fagan..had taught him to make whip-handles. < as lemmas |
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