Wrekinn.

Brit.

/ˈriːkɪn/, U.S.

/ˈrikɪn/

Origin: From a proper name. Etymon: proper name Wrekin.

Etymology: < the name of the Wrekin, a hill in Shropshire.The figurative use of (all) round the Wrekin appears to have developed from earlier established use of the same phrase with reference to the area surrounding the hill. Compare the following examples:1700 W. Congreve Way of World iii. 47 You cou'd intreat to be remember'd then to your Friends round the Rekin.1706 G. Farquhar Recruiting Officer Ep. Ded. sig. A2 (heading) To All Friends round the Rekin [1706 (ed. 2) Wrekin].1791 J. O'Keeffe Wild Oats i. 14 No matter, that's the universal play all round the wreken.1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. iii. 339 In the language of the gentry many miles round the Wrekin, to go to Shrewsbury was to go to town.

colloquial (English regional (midlands)).

(all) round the Wrekin: by a circuitous route; (figurative) in a lengthy, rambling, or roundabout manner. Also similarly (all) around the Wrekin Cf. to go (all) round the houses at house n.¹ and int. Phrases 1j.

ΚΠ

1843 Berrow's Worcester Jrnl. 14 Sept. Off they set pell-mell, helter-skelter, full tilt, scampering one after the other, up stairs and down stairs and all round the wrekin.

1926 Times 18 May 11/5 If counsel became merely verbose, he would be brought up by the remark, ‘Now you are wandering all round the Wrekin,’ an allusion to the Judge's early home.

1991 Guardian 27 Nov. 16/2 Stoke..had most of the first-half possession but took the ball ‘all around The Wrekin’, as they say in these parts.

2012 @JulianGent 24 July in twitter.com (O.E.D. Archive) Driving all round the Wrekin in Aylesbury this morning 2 avoid bl**dy roadworks on Tring Rd.

2015 @MarkDrew_Star 11 Sept. in twitter.com (O.E.D. Archive) Debate went ‘round the Wrekin’! Shame he wasn't allowed to make his point.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2018; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	wrekin
释义	Wrekinn. Brit. /ˈriːkɪn/, U.S. /ˈrikɪn/ Origin: From a proper name. Etymon: proper name Wrekin. Etymology: < the name of the Wrekin, a hill in Shropshire.The figurative use of (all) round the Wrekin appears to have developed from earlier established use of the same phrase with reference to the area surrounding the hill. Compare the following examples:1700 W. Congreve Way of World iii. 47 You cou'd intreat to be remember'd then to your Friends round the Rekin.1706 G. Farquhar Recruiting Officer Ep. Ded. sig. A2 (heading) To All Friends round the Rekin [1706 (ed. 2) Wrekin].1791 J. O'Keeffe Wild Oats i. 14 No matter, that's the universal play all round the wreken.1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. iii. 339 In the language of the gentry many miles round the Wrekin, to go to Shrewsbury was to go to town. colloquial (English regional (midlands)). (all) round the Wrekin: by a circuitous route; (figurative) in a lengthy, rambling, or roundabout manner. Also similarly (all) around the Wrekin Cf. to go (all) round the houses at house n.¹ and int. Phrases 1j. ΚΠ 1843 Berrow's Worcester Jrnl. 14 Sept. Off they set pell-mell, helter-skelter, full tilt, scampering one after the other, up stairs and down stairs and all round the wrekin. 1926 Times 18 May 11/5 If counsel became merely verbose, he would be brought up by the remark, ‘Now you are wandering all round the Wrekin,’ an allusion to the Judge's early home. 1991 Guardian 27 Nov. 16/2 Stoke..had most of the first-half possession but took the ball ‘all around The Wrekin’, as they say in these parts. 2012 @JulianGent 24 July in twitter.com (O.E.D. Archive) Driving all round the Wrekin in Aylesbury this morning 2 avoid bl*dy roadworks on Tring Rd. 2015 @MarkDrew_Star 11 Sept. in twitter.com* (O.E.D. Archive) Debate went ‘round the Wrekin’! Shame he wasn't allowed to make his point. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2018; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1843
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