Richard Snaryとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

A pun involving the name Dick (short for Richard) and the Early Modern English pronunciation of dictionary as /ˈdɪksnæːrɪ/, /ˈdɪksnɛːrɪ/ (see dixnary, dixery).

名詞

Richard Snary (複数形 Richard Snaries)

1. (rhyming スラング, humorous, archaic) A dictionary.
   • 1627 William Hawkins, Apollo Shroving, Composed for the Schollars of the Free-schoole of Hadleigh in Suffolke

     Talke not to me of Dick snary, nor Richard-snary; I care not how little I come neare them.

   • 1796 Francis Grose, A Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue

     A country lad, having been reproved for calling persons by their Christian names, being sent by his master to borrow a dictionary, thought to show his breeding by asking for a Richard Snary.

   • 1929 Dashiell Hammett, Red Harvest

     I still didn’t see anything in it but the meaningless sort of humor that used to make richardsnary the thieves’ word for dictionary.