单词 | cloyer |
释义 | cloyern.1 One who or that which cloys. ΘΠ the world > action or operation > difficulty > hindrance > types or manners of hindrance > [noun] > encumberment > that which or one who encumberc1330 cumberc1425 cumbererc1450 encumbrance1535 encumbry1546 pesterance1548 burdener1552 pester1569 cloyance1593 encumberment1600 impedimenta1600 pesterer1611 baggage1612 luggage1614 cumbrance1645 embarrassment1676 downdraughta1681 hamperera1837 cumberment1840 cloyer1842 1842 Fraser's Mag. 26 184 Possession, that too frequent cloyer of wedded joys. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2018). † cloyern.2 Obsolete. Thieves' Cant. 1. ‘A term in the slang of the thieves of old time, for one who intruded on the profits of young sharpers, by claiming a share’ (Nares). ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > thief > receiver of stolen goods > [noun] > and controller of young thieves snap1591 cloyer1602 Fagin1839 1602 S. Rowlands Greenes Ghost 16 If the Cutpurse denie snappage, his cloyer or follower forthwith boyles him, that is, bewrayes him. 1602 S. Rowlands Greenes Ghost (1860) 22 These haue their cloyers and followers, which are very troublesome to them. 1611 T. Middleton & T. Dekker Roaring Girle sig. Lv Then there's a cloyer, or snap, that dogges any new brother in that trade, and snappes will haue halfe in any booty. 2. A thief, cutpurse, shoplifter. [compare cloy , cly n.] ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > thief > [noun] thief688 bribera1387 stealer1508 taker?a1513 goodfellow1566 snatcher1575 lift1591 liftera1592 larcin1596 Tartar1602 lime-twig1606 outparter1607 Tartarian1608 flick1610 puggard1611 gilt1620 nim1630 highwayman1652 cloyer1659 out-trader1660 Robin Goodfellow1680 birdlime1705 gyp1728 filch1775 kiddy1780 snaveller1781 larcenist1803 pincher1814 geach1821 wharf-rat1823 toucher1837 larcener1839 snammer1839 drummer1856 gun1857 forker1867 gunsmith1869 nabber1880 thiever1899 tea-leaf1903 gun moll1908 nicker1909 knocker-off1926 possum1945 scuffler1961 rip-off1969 the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > thief > [noun] > from shops shop thief1613 cloyer1659 tiler1659 shoplifter1661 shoplift1665 shop-pad1705 booster1912 heister1927 pickup artist1931 1659 Caterpillars Anatomized Tilers, or Cloyers, equivalent to shoplifters. 1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory ii. iii. §68 Cloyers, Thieues, Purloyners. 1699 B. E. New Dict. Canting Crew Cloyers, Thieves, Robbers, Rogues. 1725 in New Canting Dict. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < n.11842n.21602 |
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