† catch-'em-alive-ohn.

Forms: 1800s catch-'em-alive-oh, 1800s catch-em-alive-o, 1800s–1900s catch-'em-alive-o, 1900s catch-em-alive-oh.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: catch v., 'em pron., alive adj., -o suffix.

Etymology: < catch v. + 'em pron. + alive adj. + -o suffix, probably with punning allusion to alive-o, call used by itinerant fishmongers to advertise the freshness of their goods (1793 or earlier).The phrase catch 'em alive o is also attested in 1851 and 1852 as the title of a play and of a song (respectively), but it is unclear if these underlie the noun, or if they imply earlier currency.

British colloquial. Obsolete.

A flypaper.In quot. 1854 in catch 'em alive papers.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > pest control > [noun] > device for catching flies

flycatcher1708

fly-cage1838

flypaper1842

fly-trap1855

catch-'em-alive-oh1856

the world > food and drink > hunting > equipment > trap or snare > [noun] > trap for insects

flycatcher1708

bug trap?1765

flapper1796

fly-cage1838

flypaper1842

fly-trap1855

catch-'em-alive-oh1856

light trap1881

1854 Bentley's Misc. June. 553 The ant-eater's tongue is made somewhat on the principle of those ‘catch 'em alive papers’.]

1856 C. Dickens Little Dorrit (1857) i. xvi. 140 Sticky old Saints, with..such coats of varnish that every holy personage served for a fly-trap, and became what is now called in the vulgar tongue a Catch-'em-alive-O.

1868 Routledge's Every Boy's Ann. 665 A lot of flies lay dead in the corner of a grocer's window, and [he] said, ‘It was cruel to use those sticky catch-em-alive-o's.’

1916 Illustr. London News 2 Sept. 280/1 Put about the rooms the sticky sheets covered with a preparation of beer and sugar, called ‘catch-em-alive-oh's’.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2018; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	catch-em-alive-oh
释义	† catch-'em-alive-ohn. Forms: 1800s catch-'em-alive-oh, 1800s catch-em-alive-o, 1800s–1900s catch-'em-alive-o, 1900s catch-em-alive-oh. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: catch v., 'em pron., alive adj., -o suffix. Etymology: < catch v. + 'em pron. + alive adj. + -o suffix, probably with punning allusion to alive-o, call used by itinerant fishmongers to advertise the freshness of their goods (1793 or earlier).The phrase catch 'em alive o is also attested in 1851 and 1852 as the title of a play and of a song (respectively), but it is unclear if these underlie the noun, or if they imply earlier currency. British colloquial. Obsolete. A flypaper.In quot. 1854 in catch 'em alive papers. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > pest control > [noun] > device for catching flies flycatcher1708 fly-cage1838 flypaper1842 fly-trap1855 catch-'em-alive-oh1856 the world > food and drink > hunting > equipment > trap or snare > [noun] > trap for insects flycatcher1708 bug trap?1765 flapper1796 fly-cage1838 flypaper1842 fly-trap1855 catch-'em-alive-oh1856 light trap1881 1854 Bentley's Misc. June. 553 The ant-eater's tongue is made somewhat on the principle of those ‘catch 'em alive papers’.] 1856 C. Dickens Little Dorrit (1857) i. xvi. 140 Sticky old Saints, with..such coats of varnish that every holy personage served for a fly-trap, and became what is now called in the vulgar tongue a Catch-'em-alive-O. 1868 Routledge's Every Boy's Ann. 665 A lot of flies lay dead in the corner of a grocer's window, and [he] said, ‘It was cruel to use those sticky catch-em-alive-o's.’ 1916 Illustr. London News 2 Sept. 280/1 Put about the rooms the sticky sheets covered with a preparation of beer and sugar, called ‘catch-em-alive-oh's’. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2018; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1856
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