| 释义 |
squirelet|ˈskwaɪəlɪt|
[f. as prec. + -let.]
A petty squire or small landowner; a squireling.
1832Carlyle Misc. (1857) III. 56 A Scottish squirelet, full of gulosity and gigmanity. 1862― Fredk. Gt. xii. xiii. (1872) IV. 288 A man born poor: son of some poor Squirelet in the Ruppin Country. 1891G. Peacock Narcissa Brendon I. 82 The little squirelets of the county would be proud to know him. |