释义 |
swan-hopper corruption of swan-upper.
1641–2in Willis & Clark Cambridge (1886) III. 595 Ricardo Roby le Swanhopper pro le 9 Swans 1l. 9s. 1827Hone Every-day Bk. II. 914 The..unsuspecting swan⁓hoppers. 1894Sir J. D. Astley 50 Yrs. Life I. 12 They [sc. the horses] did not half tumble about; neither did the swan-hoppers. |