单词 | counterfeit crank |
释义 | > as lemmascounterfeit crank (In full, counterfeit crank.) A rogue who feigned sickness in order to move compassion and get money. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > poverty > mendicancy > [noun] > beggar > begging impostor > who feigns sickness crank1567 1567 T. Harman Caueat for Commen Cursetors (new ed.) sig. Diiv These that do counterfet the Cranke be yong knaues and yonge harlots, that depely dissemble the falling sicknes. For the Cranke in their language is the fallyng euyll..Ther came earely in the morninge a Counterfet Cranke vnder my lodgynge..thys Cranke there lamentably lamenting. a1590 Marriage Wit & Wisdom (1846) 13 She sent me the Counterfait crainke for to play. 1594 T. Bowes tr. P. de la Primaudaye French Acad. II. 167 There are some counterfeit crankes..who vpon some occasion haue by meere knauery fained themselues such. 1624 R. Burton Anat. Melancholy (ed. 2) i. ii. iv. vi. 142 Iodocus Damhoderius..hath some notable examples of such counterfeit Crancks. a1640 J. Fletcher et al. Beggers Bush ii. i, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Kk3v/2 Jarkman, or Patrico, Cranke, or Clapperdudgeon. < as lemmas |
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