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单词 gilenyer
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gilenyern.

Forms: pre-1700 golenȝeour, 1700s 1900s gileynour, 1700s–1800s gielainger, 1800s gielanger, 1800s gilainger, 1800s gillenyer, 1800s golinger, 1800s gullainger.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: gilenyie n., -er suffix1.
Etymology: < gilenyie n. + -er suffix1.
Scottish. Obsolete.
A deceitful person; a cheat, a swindler.
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the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > thief > defrauder or swindler > [noun]
feature14..
frauderc1475
prowler1519
lurcher1528
defrauder1552
frauditor1553
taker-upc1555
verserc1555
fogger1564
Jack-in-the-box1570
gilenyer1590
foist1591
rutter1591
crossbiter1592
sharker1594
shark1600
bat-fowler1602
cheater1606
foister1610
operator1611
fraudsman1613
projector1615
smoke-sellera1618
decoy1618
firkera1626
scandaroon1631
snapa1640
cunning shaver1652
knight of industrya1658
chouse1658
cheat1664
sharper1681
jockey1683
rooker1683
fool-finder1685
rookster1697
sheep-shearer1699
bubbler1720
gyp1728
bite1742
swindler1770
pigeon1780
mace1781
gouger1790
needle1790
fly-by-night1796
sharp1797
skinner1797
diddler1803
mace cove1811
mace-gloak1819
macer1819
flat-catcher1821
moonlight wanderer1823
burner1838
Peter Funk1840
Funk1842
pigeoner1849
maceman1850
bester1856
fiddler1857
highway robber1874
bunco-steerer1875
swizzler1876
forty1879
flim-flammer1881
chouser1883
take-down1888
highbinder1890
fraud1895
Sam Slick1897
grafter1899
come-on1905
verneuker1905
gypster1917
chiseller1918
tweedler1925
rorter1926
gazumper1932
chizzer1935
sharpie1942
sharpster1942
slick1959
slickster1965
rip-off artist1968
shonky1970
rip-off merchant1971
1590 in D. Masson Reg. Privy Council Scotl. (1881) 1st Ser. IV. 525 The said Robert..misusit the haill magistrattis thairof [sc. Aberdeen], calland thaim unworthy magistrattis and golenȝeouris.
1721 J. Kelly Compl. Coll. Scotish Prov. 307 The greedy Man and the Gileynour are soon agreed.
1724 A. Ramsay On seeing Archers in Health (new ed.) 29 Gielaingers, and each greedy Wight, You place them in their proper light.
1835 T. Carlyle Let. 27 Feb. in Coll. Lett. T. & J. W. Carlyle (1981) VIII. 60 You can be far more comfortable than heretofore with such a set of gillenyers.
1913 H. P. Cameron tr. Thomas à Kempis Of Imitation of Christ iii. l. 170 What is a man the better for bein' regairdit grit be men? The gileynour blaflums the gileynour..the blin' the blin'.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2018; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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