butcher's hookn.

Brit.

/ˌbʊtʃəz ˈhʊk/, U.S.

/bʊtʃəz ˈhʊk/, Australian English

/ˌbʊtʃəz ˈhʊk/, New Zealand English

/ˌbʊtʃəz ˈhʊk/

Forms: see butcher n. and hook n.¹

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: butcher n., hook n.¹

Etymology: < the genitive of butcher n. + hook n.¹In sense 2 rhyming slang for look n. In to go butcher's hook at Phrases rhyming slang for crook adj. 2c.

1. A metal hook used by a butcher for hanging carcasses or large pieces of meat, now typically being S-shaped, and designed so that the top part may be hooked over a rail.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > equipment for food preparation > [noun] > hook or frame for hanging meat

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1596 T. Lodge Wits Miserie 59 He neuer walks abroad but in suspition, if a butchers hook do but catch him by the sleeue, he cries out, At whose sute?

1613 F. Beaumont Knight of Burning Pestle v. sig. I4 Haue a great care of the Butchers hookes at white-Chappell, they haue beene the death of many a faire Ancient.

1725 London Gaz. No. 6345/2 A Butcher's Hook with a little Notch upon the End of the flat Part.

1788 Story-Teller's Mag. Apr. 3/2 An elderly lady..forgetting the immense distance between the top of her head, and the extremity of the trappings on it, was cruelly deprived of her plumage, by..a butcher's hook.

1823 Times 31 May A long sweeping-brush, to the end of which was appended a large butcher's hook.

1876 J. C. Phillippo Climate of Jamaica 19 The market..is cool and airy, with good slate slabs, butchers' hooks, blocks, cleavers, &c.

1905 Natal Agric. Jrnl. 8 915 The tobacco plants were suspended by means of..loose wire hooks shaped like butcher's hooks.

1957 Proc. Aristotelian Soc. 57 188 A bleeding carcass hanging from a butcher's hook.

2015 M. De Blasi Umbrian Thursday Night Supper Club (2016) iv. 254 From a second butcher's hook near the open door, a haunch of prosciutto swings in the mild December breeze.

2. [Rhyming slang.] A look. Cf. butcher's n. 1.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > a look or glance > [noun]

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butcher's hook1934

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1934 Bookman Oct. 34/2 Butcher's hook = Look.

1944 L. Glassop We were Rats xli. 234 Pat said you were taking a butcher's hook around. See anything?

1947 Sun (Sydney) 15 Sept. 11/2 She passed Jock a smart magazine,..indicating one item with her tinted finger-nail. He gave it a quick butcher's-hook, and sniffed. ‘So what?’

1985 F. Hardy Loser Now will be Later To Win 65 Any bastard who tries to tip the boat over..mightn't be so keen when he takes a butcher's hook at these little lovelies.

2013 @Jiimbo_Baggins 15 Feb. in twitter.com (O.E.D. Archive) I was gonna have a butcher's hook for the Asteroid, but it's bloody cloudy. Arse.

Phrases

Australian and New Zealand colloquial. [Rhyming slang.] to go butcher's hook: to become angry; to lose one's temper. Cf. to go butcher's at butcher's n. 2.Quot. 1914 shows earlier use of the (rare) form to go butcher hook.

ΚΠ

1914 Sport (Adelaide) 20 Nov. 5/6 Black Joe went ‘butcher hook’ when he saw his name in Sport. Never mind, Joe, it's a fact.]

1918 Kia Ora Coo-ee Aug. 5/1 A certain New Zealand Regiment, camped on the Jordan flats, recently came under the eagle eye of brother ‘Jacko’, who immediately went ‘butcher's hook’ or ‘ram's horn’ and launched forth much frightfulness.

1951 D. Stivens Jimmy Brockett 126 As soon as Sadie came in I went butcher's hook. ‘What's this bloody nonsense about a studio, Sadie?’ I said, going straight to the point.

1963 ‘R. Casey’ As Short Spring 275 The old man had come home full as a bull one night..all his money gone. The old woman had gone butcher's hook.

2015 Gold Coast Bull. (Austral.) (Nexis) 25 May 13 Dad would go butcher's hook because I'd be trying to sell surfboards to people instead of serving petrol to people.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2018; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	butchers hook
释义	butcher's hookn. Brit. /ˌbʊtʃəz ˈhʊk/, U.S. /bʊtʃəz ˈhʊk/, Australian English /ˌbʊtʃəz ˈhʊk/, New Zealand English /ˌbʊtʃəz ˈhʊk/ Forms: see butcher n. and hook n.¹ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: butcher n., hook n.¹ Etymology: < the genitive of butcher n. + hook n.¹In sense 2 rhyming slang for look n. In to go butcher's hook at Phrases rhyming slang for crook adj. 2c. 1. A metal hook used by a butcher for hanging carcasses or large pieces of meat, now typically being S-shaped, and designed so that the top part may be hooked over a rail. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > equipment for food preparation > [noun] > hook or frame for hanging meat cambrelc1450 gambrel1547 butcher's hook1596 flesh-hook1596 cambren1656 shamble-hook1688 stage1715 meathook1771 progger1818 gamble1831 gallows1866 gammon1874 1596 T. Lodge Wits Miserie 59 He neuer walks abroad but in suspition, if a butchers hook do but catch him by the sleeue, he cries out, At whose sute? 1613 F. Beaumont Knight of Burning Pestle v. sig. I4 Haue a great care of the Butchers hookes at white-Chappell, they haue beene the death of many a faire Ancient. 1725 London Gaz. No. 6345/2 A Butcher's Hook with a little Notch upon the End of the flat Part. 1788 Story-Teller's Mag. Apr. 3/2 An elderly lady..forgetting the immense distance between the top of her head, and the extremity of the trappings on it, was cruelly deprived of her plumage, by..a butcher's hook. 1823 Times 31 May A long sweeping-brush, to the end of which was appended a large butcher's hook. 1876 J. C. Phillippo Climate of Jamaica 19 The market..is cool and airy, with good slate slabs, butchers' hooks, blocks, cleavers, &c. 1905 Natal Agric. Jrnl. 8 915 The tobacco plants were suspended by means of..loose wire hooks shaped like butcher's hooks. 1957 Proc. Aristotelian Soc. 57 188 A bleeding carcass hanging from a butcher's hook. 2015 M. De Blasi Umbrian Thursday Night Supper Club (2016) iv. 254 From a second butcher's hook near the open door, a haunch of prosciutto swings in the mild December breeze. 2. [Rhyming slang.] A look. Cf. butcher's n. 1. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > a look or glance > [noun] eie wurpc950 laitc1175 looka1200 lecha1250 sightc1275 insighta1375 blushc1390 castc1400 glentc1400 blenkc1440 regardc1450 ray1531 view1546 beam of sight1579 eye-beam1583 eyewink1591 blink1594 aspecta1616 benda1616 eyeshot1615 eye-casta1669 twire1676 ken1736 Magdalene-look1752 glimmering1759 deek1833 wink1847 deck1853 vision1855 pipe1865 skeg1876 dekko1894 screw1904 slant1911 gander1914 squiz1916 butcher's hook1934 butcher's1936 gawk1940 bo-peep1941 nose1976 1934 Bookman Oct. 34/2 Butcher's hook = Look. 1944 L. Glassop We were Rats xli. 234 Pat said you were taking a butcher's hook around. See anything? 1947 Sun (Sydney) 15 Sept. 11/2 She passed Jock a smart magazine,..indicating one item with her tinted finger-nail. He gave it a quick butcher's-hook, and sniffed. ‘So what?’ 1985 F. Hardy Loser Now will be Later To Win 65 Any bastard who tries to tip the boat over..mightn't be so keen when he takes a butcher's hook at these little lovelies. 2013 @Jiimbo_Baggins 15 Feb. in twitter.com (O.E.D. Archive) I was gonna have a butcher's hook for the Asteroid, but it's bloody cloudy. Arse. Phrases Australian and New Zealand colloquial. [Rhyming slang.] to go butcher's hook: to become angry; to lose one's temper. Cf. to go butcher's at butcher's n. 2.Quot. 1914 shows earlier use of the (rare) form to go butcher hook. ΚΠ 1914 Sport (Adelaide) 20 Nov. 5/6 Black Joe went ‘butcher hook’ when he saw his name in Sport. Never mind, Joe, it's a fact.] 1918 Kia Ora Coo-ee Aug. 5/1 A certain New Zealand Regiment, camped on the Jordan flats, recently came under the eagle eye of brother ‘Jacko’, who immediately went ‘butcher's hook’ or ‘ram's horn’ and launched forth much frightfulness. 1951 D. Stivens Jimmy Brockett 126 As soon as Sadie came in I went butcher's hook. ‘What's this bloody nonsense about a studio, Sadie?’ I said, going straight to the point. 1963 ‘R. Casey’ As Short Spring 275 The old man had come home full as a bull one night..all his money gone. The old woman had gone butcher's hook. 2015 Gold Coast Bull. (Austral.) (Nexis) 25 May 13 Dad would go butcher's hook because I'd be trying to sell surfboards to people instead of serving petrol to people. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2018; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1596
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