单词 | gilenyer |
释义 | † gilenyern. Scottish. Obsolete. A deceitful person; a cheat, a swindler. ΘΚΠ 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). < n.1590 |
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