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

[Andrew Dunbar]

It is the name of an Australian song.
Nobody uses this phrase anymore except in reference to the song, but I
believe it has been researched and that in times past, wandering travellers
carrying their "swag" were said to be waltzing Matilda, in that it appeared
that they were dancing the walz with their swag. I don't recall why
"Matilda". In any case it seems to a verbal phrase rather than a nominal
one, but doing proper research might show up something different.
 Andrew Dunbar.

 On 11/16/05, Fritz Goerling <Fritz_Goerling at sil.org> wrote:
>
>  Isn't that the name of an Australian song? Or would you also refer to a
> lady
> by "she is a waltzing Matilda?"
>  Fritz Goerling
>
> Susan Gehr wrote:
>  Waltzing Matilda?
>
>
>
>
> On 11/16/05 3:06 AM, "Fritz Goerling" <Fritz_Goerling at sil.org> wrote:
>
> 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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