| 单词 | fairy money |
| 释义 | > as lemmasfairy money fairy money n. money belonging to or given by fairies, traditionally supposed to disappear or to change into something worthless when touched or used by humans. [Compare Welsh arian y cor, arian cor dwarf money (recorded by E. Llwyd, 1693).] ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > supernatural being > mythical creature or object > [noun] fairy money1616 fairy dart1684 fairy hammer1815 the mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > [noun] > that which is unimportant > insubstantial > showy or fanciful but insubstantial gewgaw?c1225 frivolc1450 whim-whama1529 jim-jamc1540 trickc1550 flamfew1574 ribaldry1594 bubble1598 kickshawa1616 fairy money1616 foolation1628 fingle-fanglea1652 trangama1658 tinsel1660 gingerbread1664 finnimbrun1676 gimcrack1676 knacka1677 tawdrum1680 knick-knack1682 trantlum1768 knick-knacket1793 folderol1820 jigamaree1824 novelty1840 fool's gold1870 flapdoodle1877 fal-lal1902 1616 S. S. Honest Lawyer iv. sig. H3 I thought this faiery mony would nere thriue. 1690 J. Locke Ess. Humane Understanding i. iv. 36 Such borrowed Wealth, like Fairy-money..will be but Leaves and Dust when it comes to use. 1783 Monthly Rev. Apr. 312 His boasted skill in finance seems to have partaken of the nature of fairy money; and when it was called into use, vanished from the touch. 1849 E. Bulwer-Lytton Caxtons III. xvii. vi. 238 Half-suspecting they must already have turned into withered leaves, like fairy money. 1896 E. Owen Welsh Folk-lore 81 In certain parts of Wales it was believed that Fairy money, on close inspection, would be found to be cockle shells. 2006 Press & Jrnl. (Aberdeen) (Nexis) 27 Nov. 13 The..£200million that was to bail out the housing department will not disappear. It isn't like the fairy money the little folk paid their bills with. < as lemmas |
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