| 单词 | chevalier of fortune |
| 释义 | > as lemmaschevalier of fortune 3. chevalier of industry (French chevalier d' industrie also frequently used), chevalier of fortune: one who lives by his wits, an adventurer, swindler, sharper. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > cheating, fraud > a charlatan, fraudster > [noun] > a sharper, swindler hawk1548 huckster1556 shifterc1562 coney-catcher1591 sharker1594 shark1600 bat-fowler1602 guller1602 gull-groper1602 poop-noddy1616 int1631 shirk1639 knight of industrya1658 hockettor1672 biter1680 sharper1681 duffer1735 sharp1797 diddler1803 chevalier of industry1807 flat-catcher1821 thimble-man1830 thimblerigger1831 thimblerig1839 riggerc1840 chevalier of fortune1867 flim-flammer1881 spiv1929 sharpie1942 shrewd1954 1750 Ld. Chesterfield Let. 26 Apr. (1932) (modernized text) IV. 1527 Be cautiously upon your guard against the infinite number of..fine-spoken chevaliers d'industrie..which swarm at Paris. 1807 Salmagundi 1 Oct. 315 Doubtful characters, particularly pimps, bailiffs, lottery-brokers, chevaliers of industry, and great men. 1853 E. Bulwer-Lytton My Novel IV. xii. Final chapter 287 A severe wound on the head, inflicted..by a well-known chevalier d'industrie. 1867 M. E. Braddon Trail Serpent v. ix A puppet in the hands of the chevalier of fortune. 1897 G. B. Shaw in Sat. Rev. 16 Jan. 62/2 I have no objection whatever to Satan, after elaborately disguising himself as a modern chevalier d'industrie, giving himself away by occasional flashes of lightning. 1945 R. Hargreaves Enemy at Gate 183 That Imperial chevalier d'industrie, Napoleon III. < as lemmas |
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