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单词 staboy
释义 staboy, int. U.S. nonce-wd.
Also ste(e)boy.
[f. sta boy (also stu boy, stub-boy) : see Amer. Dial. Notes 1900–4 II. 347–8; cf. hist-a-boy, hist int. 2.]
An exclamation addressed to hounds. Also as v. trans., to urge on (hounds) with the cry ‘sta boy’; occas. as n.
1844[W. T. Thompson] Maj. Jones's Courtship 55 (Bartlett) ‘There it is..Steboy; catch him!’ says he [to the dog].1848Lowell Biglow P. Ser. i. Pious Editor's Creed, As..feeder of certain theologic dogmas, which, when occasion offers, he unkennels with a staboy.1850Lowell Unhappy Lot Mr. Knott 60 Like dogs let loose upon a bear, Ten emulous styles staboyed with care, The whole among them seemed to tear.1884A. A. Putnam Ten Yrs. Police Judge xii. 86 They stand off and say stee-boy to the constables, who are only too ready to dog the dog-law breakers.
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