单词 | fool-taker |
释义 | > as lemmasfool-taker fool-taker n. now historical a person who tricks, cheats, or swindles another; cf. coney-catcher n. 1. ΚΠ 1592 T. Nashe Strange Newes sig. A3 Now do I meane to present him and Shakerley to the Queens foole-taker for coatch-horses. a1652 R. Brome Queen & Concubine ii. v. 34 in Five New Playes (1659) If you be your Queens Fool-taker, you may In Countrey, Court and City quickly find Fools upon Fools that I shall leave behind. 2020 A. Equestri in L. Hopkins & B. Angus Reading from Road vii. 136 These last three adjectives set the victims of the tricks diametrically apart from the fool-takers, who are defined instead as ‘wicked’..‘villain’ or ‘knave’. < as lemmas |
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