[Lexicog] Words formed on the pattern "participle - ing + first name"

[Fritz Goerling]

Recently I corresponded with someone on this list about the meaning of a
German
compound word following the pattern 'verb/noun + a first name as a suffix,'
like:
 
Zappelphilipp = a boy who can't sit still
Laberheini = rambling person (Heini is short for Heinrich)
Heulsuse = someone (man or woman) who cries a lot (Suse is short for
Susanne) 
 
I am interested in knowing how productive this kind of word formation is in
English.
I am not looking for examples like "slick Willie, tricky Dick, nervous
Nelly, honest Abe,"
some of which have become more or less common expressions. I am interested
in examples of the kind 'participle -ing + first name' which seem to
correspond
to the German pattern mentioned above. Examples would be "smoking Joe" (for
the
boxer Joe Frazier), "studying Jesse," "peeping Tom," "doubting Thomas",
 especially if they have "made it" to become common expressions and are
included in the dictionary.
 
Fritz Goerling
 
 

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