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单词 dunning
释义 I. dunning, vbl. n.1
see dun v.2
II. dunning, vbl. n.2|ˈdʌnɪŋ|
[f. dun v.3]
The action of importuning for debt, etc.
1714Mandeville Fab. Bees (1725) I. 246 Without taking notice of their dunning.1726Amherst Terræ Fil. xxxiii. 176 The continual dunnings and insolent menaces of their creditors.1753Scots Mag. XV. 36/2 The importunate dunnings of a gamester.
III. dunning
(of codfish): see dun v.1 1 b.
IV. ˈdunning, ppl. a.
[f. dun v.3 + -ing2.]
That duns, or importunes for debt, etc.
1816‘Quiz’ Grand Master v. 116 Surrounded by these dunning devils.1848Thackeray Van. Fair xlviii, Madame Bobinot is writing dunning letters for the money.
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