| 释义 |
conjobble, v.|kənˈdʒɒb(ə)l|
[A vulgar formation, from con- and perh. job n. and v., with the frequentative ending -le; but some suggest connexion with jabber.]
‘To concert, to settle, to discuss: a low cant word’ (J.).
‘Still in colloquial use’ (N.E.D., 1891).
1694R. L'Estrange Fables lxxiii. (1714) 90 What would a Body think now of a Prime Minister that should Conjobble Matters of State with Tumblers and Buffoons? 1731Bailey vol. II, Conjobble, to chat together. 1766T. Amory J. Buncle (1770) III. 75 By conjobbling matters of faith in this manner, they saw, we had three distinct selfs..equal in power. |