单词 | dog-trick |
释义 | † dog-trickn. Obsolete. A low or despicable trick; a treacherous or spiteful act; a bad turn; = dog's trick n. at dog n.1 Compounds 3d. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > [noun] > malicious trick thuckec1230 pranka1529 dog-trick?c1550 dog's trick1742 the mind > goodness and badness > badness or evil > evil deed > [noun] unwrenchc897 checkc1330 trippetc1330 wretchednessc1380 iniquities1477 feat1481 dog-trick?c1550 malefice1591 mistreading1598 meschantery1634 dog's trick1742 ?c1550 tr. P. Vergil Eng. Hist. (1846) I. viii. 284 I will heere, in the way of mirthe, declare a prettie dog tricke or gibe as concerninge this mayden. 1577 W. Harrison Hist. Descr. Islande Brit. iii. xv. f. 114v/2, in R. Holinshed Chron. I Gewgawes for fooles, dogtrickes for doltes. 1612 T. James Iesuits Downefall 13 They haue sundrie other dogtricks of cousenage. 1690 J. Dryden Don Sebastian i. i. 17 Learn better manners, or I shall serve you a Dog-trick. 1705 J. S. City & Country Recreation ii. x. 182 They have one Dog-trick to put upon you, which is done by confederacy. 1754 Addr. Ladies Munster & Leinster 4 But these are old Dog-tricks with you, played over and over. 1787 R. Burns Let. Feb. (1985) I. 93 He and I have been sadly at odds ever since some dog tricks he play'd me not half a century ago. 1803 Times 2 Jan. 3/1 His friend, who scorns to resent that same dog-trick he play'd him. 1858 R. D. Bulwer-Lytton World & his Wife I. vi. 210 This stale dog-trick (I beg your pardon for using so nice a word on so dirty a subject) has been with success played over and over again. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online June 2018). < |
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