英语词汇“note-shaving”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词	note-shaving
释义	ˈnote-shaving U.S. slang. [f. prec.] The profession of a note-shaver; the making of an excessive profit on the discounting of notes. 1828Yankee (Portland, Maine) I. 52/1 [By] the system of note-shaving that prevails here..the industrious and active are held in a state of bondage to the more wealthy and more lazy.1855P. T. Barnum Life 138 Had I termed the deed an extortion or note-shaving..the verdict might have been different—but I had called the act ‘usury’.1902W. N. Harben Abner Daniel 38 He began to utilize this captial in ‘note shaving’, and other methods of turning over money for a handsome profit.1911[see note-shaver].
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