tarrier
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[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]The Roman Catholic slang variation is possibly derived from Saint Erasmus being labeled as a "tarrier of time" before torture and execution for his beliefs.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈtæɹi.ə/
- (General American) enPR: tărʹē-ər
- (without the Mary–marry–merry merger) IPA(key): /ˈtæɹiɚ/
- (Mary–marry–merry merger) IPA(key): /ˈtɛɹiɚ/
Audio (General Australian): (file) - Rhymes: -æɹiə(ɹ)
- Homophone: terrier (Mary–marry–merry merger)
Noun
[edit]tarrier (plural tarriers)
- A layabout or loiterer; someone who tarries.
- (slang, derogatory, UK) A Roman Catholic of Northern Ireland or Scotland.
- 2011, Christopher Brookmyre, The Sacred Art of Stealing:
- Wouldnae even offer Jock Stein – your greatest ever manager – a seat on the board 'cause he wasnae a Tarrier.
- 2015, Peter I. Rose, They and We, page 47:
- It was the Irish “tarriers” working on the railroad that provided the context for the folk ballad that began […]
Etymology 2
[edit]See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈtɑːɹi.ə/
- (General American) enPR: tärʹē-ər, IPA(key): /ˈtɑɹiɚ/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Rhymes: -ɑːɹiə(ɹ)
Adjective
[edit]tarrier
- comparative form of tarry: more tarry
Etymology 3
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈtæɹi.ə/
- (General American) enPR: tĕrʹē-ər, IPA(key): /ˈtɛɹiɚ/
- (rhotic, without the Mary–marry–merry merger) enPR: tăʹrē-ər, IPA(key): /ˈtæɹiɚ/
Audio (General Australian): (file) - Rhymes: -æɹiə(ɹ)
Noun
[edit]tarrier (plural tarriers)
- Obsolete form of terrier (“kind of dog”).
- 1843, William Hamilton Maxwell, Wild Sports of the West: With Legendary Tales, and Local Sketches, R. Bentley, page 77:
- I then had the two best tarriers beneath the canopy; this poor crater is their daughter," and he patted the dog's head affectionately.
- 1881, James Greenwood, Low-Life Deeps:
- Why I recollect, a bit ago, having a tarrier dog what got old and disagreeable, and was turned out on that account from a swell house in Belgravy. Well, he come into my hands, and nat'rally I put him on paunch, like the rest. Would he eat it? Not he. He had been used to his chicken, and his mutton chops, and his 'ashes: and he turned up his nose at anything commoner.
- 1914, The Catholic Bulletin and Book Review, volume 4, page 370:
- Booth's and Doran's “tarriers” guarded the entrance to the town and drew first blood from a visiting dog: […]
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