| 单词 | coney man |
| 释义 | > as lemmasconey man coney man n. now historical and rare a dealer in rabbits. ΚΠ 1529 in A. F. Johnston & M. Rogerson Rec. Early Eng. Drama: York (1979) I. 250 Euery common Cony man yat brynges Conys to this City to selle vj d by yere. 1590 Extract Reg. Church of Holy Trinity, Hull in Yorks. Archæol. Jrnl. (1898) 14 197 John Blagbrowgh, Conneyman. 1874 Q. Rev. 137 18 Content to entrust their letters..to a coneyman who came from London to buy rabbits. 1892 Edinb. Rev. July 235 All letters were conveyed to and fro by a ‘coneyman’ who visited the island at short intervals to buy rabbits for the London markets. 1956 M. C. Barnes Mary of Carisbrooke xi. 103 The few letters we wrote before you all came were taken across by the coney man who sells our rabbits in the mainland markets. < as lemmas |
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