canvas-backn.

Etymology: < canvas n. + back n.¹

1. A back of a garment made of canvas; hence figurative a reverse much inferior to the front.

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the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > inferior thing > [noun]

poornessa1382

chaffc1386

cold roast?1406

arse-guta1413

short end1560

under-kind1571

inferior1589

canvas-back1605

underthing1620

under-sort1655

wasteling1750

slouch1767

shamea1771

neck beefa1777

rep1786

wastrel1790

wastera1800

shoddy1862

piece1884

tinhorn1887

robbo1897

cheapie1898

buckeye1906

reach-me-down1916

dog1917

stinkeroo1934

bodgie1964

cheapo1975

the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > inferior thing > [noun] > a reverse much inferior to the front

canvas-back1605

the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > [noun] > made from specific material > flax or hemp > back made of canvas

canvas-back1605

1605 London Prodigall iii. i. 243 My father in a mocado coat a pair of red satin sleeves and a canvas back.

1668 J. Child Brief Observ. Trade 8 Many..would not go to the price of a whole Sattin Doublet; the Embroiderer..made many hundreds of them..with Canvas backs.

a1734 R. North Examen (1740) i. ii. ⁋83 I thought it reasonable to bid Defiance to this bold Traducer, and turning him round, shew his Canvas Back.

2. A North American duck ( Fuligula valisneriana), so called from the colour of the back feathers. Called also more fully canvas-back duck, and canvas-backed duck.

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the world > animals > birds > freshwater birds > order Anseriformes (geese, etc.) > subfamily Merginae (duck) > [noun] > member of genus Aythya (miscellaneous) > aythya valisneriana (canvas-back)

canvas-back1785

white-back1790

1785 T. Jefferson Notes Virginia vi. 130 Besides these [birds] we have..The Widgeon, Sheldrach, or Canvas back, Black head.

1809 A. Wilson Foresters in Port Folio Nov. 562 Four large ducks..The far-fam'd canvass-backs.

1832 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. May 846/2 The canvass-back stands alone.

1832 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. May 846/2 The man who has feasted on canvass-back ducks, cannot philosophically be said to have lived in vain.

1848 W. Irving Hist. N.Y. (rev. ed.) vii. iii. 393 The gastronomical merits of..canvas-back ducks.

1859 A. Helps Friends in Council New Ser. I. i. 20 He had never tasted a canvas-back duck.

1842 C. Dickens Amer. Notes I. viii. 275 The water in both was blackened with flights of canvas-backed ducks.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online December 2019).

单词	canvas-back
释义	canvas-backn. Etymology: < canvas n. + back n.¹ 1. A back of a garment made of canvas; hence figurative a reverse much inferior to the front. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > inferior thing > [noun] poornessa1382 chaffc1386 cold roast?1406 arse-guta1413 short end1560 under-kind1571 inferior1589 canvas-back1605 underthing1620 under-sort1655 wasteling1750 slouch1767 shamea1771 neck beefa1777 rep1786 wastrel1790 wastera1800 shoddy1862 piece1884 tinhorn1887 robbo1897 cheapie1898 buckeye1906 reach-me-down1916 dog1917 stinkeroo1934 bodgie1964 cheapo1975 the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > inferior thing > [noun] > a reverse much inferior to the front canvas-back1605 the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > [noun] > made from specific material > flax or hemp > back made of canvas canvas-back1605 1605 London Prodigall iii. i. 243 My father in a mocado coat a pair of red satin sleeves and a canvas back. 1668 J. Child Brief Observ. Trade 8 Many..would not go to the price of a whole Sattin Doublet; the Embroiderer..made many hundreds of them..with Canvas backs. a1734 R. North Examen (1740) i. ii. ⁋83 I thought it reasonable to bid Defiance to this bold Traducer, and turning him round, shew his Canvas Back. 2. A North American duck ( Fuligula valisneriana), so called from the colour of the back feathers. Called also more fully canvas-back duck, and canvas-backed duck. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > freshwater birds > order Anseriformes (geese, etc.) > subfamily Merginae (duck) > [noun] > member of genus Aythya (miscellaneous) > aythya valisneriana (canvas-back) canvas-back1785 white-back1790 1785 T. Jefferson Notes Virginia vi. 130 Besides these [birds] we have..The Widgeon, Sheldrach, or Canvas back, Black head. 1809 A. Wilson Foresters in Port Folio Nov. 562 Four large ducks..The far-fam'd canvass-backs. 1832 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. May 846/2 The canvass-back stands alone. 1832 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. May 846/2 The man who has feasted on canvass-back ducks, cannot philosophically be said to have lived in vain. 1848 W. Irving Hist. N.Y. (rev. ed.) vii. iii. 393 The gastronomical merits of..canvas-back ducks. 1859 A. Helps Friends in Council New Ser. I. i. 20 He had never tasted a canvas-back duck. 1842 C. Dickens Amer. Notes I. viii. 275 The water in both was blackened with flights of canvas-backed ducks. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online December 2019). < n.1605
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