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tear-jerker (n.)
[tear-jerker 词源字典]
1911, in reference to newspaper stories about tragic situations, on model of
soda-jerker
and perhaps especially
beer-jerker
, from
tear
(n.1) +
jerk
(v.).
[tear-jerker etymology, tear-jerker origin, 英语词源]
[tear-jerker 词源字典]