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all-purpose (adj.)[all-purpose 词源字典]: 1877, from all + purpose (n.).[all-purpose etymology, all-purpose origin, 英语词源]
fool-proof (adj.): also foolproof, 1902, American English, "safe against the incompetence of a fool," from fool (n.1) + adjectival sense from proof (n.).
goal-post (n.): 1834, from goal (n.) + post (n.1). To move the goal posts as a figurative expression for "cheat by changing the objectives after the process has begun" is by 1988.
tail-pipe (n.): also tailpipe, 1757, "small pipe fixed at the swell of a musket to receive the ramrod," from tail (n.1) + pipe (n.). From 1832 as "suction pipe of a pump;" 1907 as "exhaust pipe of an automobile."