Ayrton Senna

English

Etymology

After the racing driver.

Noun

Ayrton Senna (plural Ayrton Sennas)

(Cockney rhyming slang) Tenner (ten pound note)
- 1995, Time Out London Guide‎, Penguin Books, →ISBN, page 245:
  An Ayrton Senna (tenner) buys you 15 minutes of madness at Daytona & Indianapolis.
- 2002, Manfred Görlach, Still more Englishes
  Youngsters now talk of borrowing an Ayrton Senna (tenner), of feeling Calvin Klein (fine) or being Terry Waite (late).
- 2004, Mervyn Stutter, Getting Nowhere Fast:
  You take this hundred quid in used Ayrton Sennas and I'll be off in the old Camilla Parker-Bowles.[1]
- 2008, Alfred fox, Anna's Story: Basset Mead‎, page 24:
  “Here, an Ayrton Senna. Now if you can get the crisps and Pepsi, don't forget the mints, I'm going to get a 'nother name.”
- 2012, John Philips, Who Cares Who's 3rd?: (Or 2nd for That Matter)‎, page 346:
  Thank you sir - an Ayrton Senna it is - every little helps
  The weasel nodded vacantly, ruing the loss of his only tenner

References

“Ayrton Senna”, Eric Partridge et al., The New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English, Volume 1 (A-I), Taylor & Francis (2006), →ISBN, page 57.

[1] “Ayrton Senna”, Eric Partridge et al., The New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English, Volume 1 (A-I), Taylor & Francis (2006), →ISBN, page 57.

单词	Ayrton Senna
释义	Ayrton Senna English Etymology After the racing driver. Noun Ayrton Senna (plural Ayrton Sennas) (Cockney rhyming slang) Tenner (ten pound note) 1995, Time Out London Guide‎, Penguin Books, →ISBN, page 245: An Ayrton Senna (tenner) buys you 15 minutes of madness at Daytona & Indianapolis. 2002, Manfred Görlach, Still more Englishes Youngsters now talk of borrowing an Ayrton Senna (tenner), of feeling Calvin Klein (fine) or being Terry Waite (late). 2004, Mervyn Stutter, Getting Nowhere Fast: You take this hundred quid in used Ayrton Sennas and I'll be off in the old Camilla Parker-Bowles.[1] 2008, Alfred fox, Anna's Story: Basset Mead‎, page 24: “Here, an Ayrton Senna. Now if you can get the crisps and Pepsi, don't forget the mints, I'm going to get a 'nother name.” 2012, John Philips, Who Cares Who's 3rd?: (Or 2nd for That Matter)‎, page 346: Thank you sir - an Ayrton Senna* it is - every little helps* The weasel nodded vacantly, ruing the loss of his only tenner References “Ayrton Senna”, Eric Partridge et al., The New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English, Volume 1 (A-I), Taylor & Francis (2006), →ISBN, page 57.
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