| 单词 | corner-boy |
| 释义 | > as lemmascorner-boy corner-boy n. (esp. in Ireland) = corner-man n. 2. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > ruffianly conduct > ruffian > [noun] > frequenting streets scamperer1712 corner-boy1855 plug-ugly1856 corner-cove1862 keelie1863 tough1866 larrikin1868 corner-man1885 the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > violent behaviour > [noun] > violent treatment or force > frequenting streets scamperer1712 sweater1712 corner-boy1855 plug-ugly1856 corner-cove1862 keelie1863 tough1866 larrikin1868 corner-man1885 voyoua1896 tsotsi1949 1855 D. G. Mitchell Fudge Doings (N.Y. ed.) II. 47 Presently the corner-boy, Jerry, comes in. He is a short-haired, half-Irish boy, [etc.]. 1882 Standard 7 Sept. 3/4 The Dublin loafers, or ‘corner boys’, as they are called. 1886 Dublin Daily Express 5 Apr. In the Petty Sessions, Robert Nolan and James Kinsella, two corner boys, were charged with having committed a violent and unprovoked assault. 1888 G. M. Hopkins Let. 10 Feb. (1935) 274 Tramps, Cornerboys, Roughs, Socialists and other pests of society. 1946 J. Hampson in Penguin New Writing 138 Len and his Cardiff. corner-boy have been arrested for the robbery. 1959 Times Lit. Suppl. 1 May 262/3 A Labour M.P...visits the Territory of Wajingaland at the urgent behest of its seediest corner~boy. < as lemmas |
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