Pop
substantivosubstantivonome própriocorrente nos diálogos
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A social club and debating society at Eton College.
substantivo
- 1
A social club and debating society at Eton College.
- 2
The body of college prefects.
Etimologia
Uncertain. The OED suggests either from (lolli)pop ("because the meetings were held in the rooms of Mrs Hatton, who kept the lollipop shop"), or from Latin popīna (“cookshop”). The second sense derives from the first.
substantivo
- 1
A popular classical music concert.
As to the tall, curly-haired man, I suppose it was the one who was with me at the last Pop.
Etimologia
Shortened from popular (concert).
nome próprio
- 1
Traditional nickname for a stage doorman.
“All the other stars would leave the theatre wearing fur coats, fancy hats, and imported French shoes,” said Pop Stern, a longtime stage-doorman.
[…] George Melford (Pop, stage doorman) […]
[…] Ralph Sanford (doorman); A.S. “Pop” Byron (stage doorman); Allen Fox (photographer); […]
Etimologia
From pop (“father”).
Formas
- plural
- Pops
Pop · A social club and debating society at Eton College.
popcorn · A snack food made from corn or maize kernels popped by dry…pope · An honorary title of the Roman Catholic bishop of Rome as…Pope · An English surname transferred from the nickname originating…