单词 | gouger |
释义 | gougern. 1. One who gouges: (a) one who thrusts out an antagonist's eye; (b) one who cheats, 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 the world > health and disease > ill health > injury > maiming or mutilation > [noun] > putting out eyes > person gouger1790 society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > games of chance > [noun] > player of games of chance > cheat or swindler butter1474 rooka1568 steal-counter1588 nicker1669 sharper1681 tat-monger1688 gambler1735 blackleg1767 gouger1790 sharp1797 tatsman1825 leggism1843 spieler1859 sniggler1887 1790 Gazette of U.S. (N.Y.) 13 Jan. Demanding Congress now should settle In words, with Gougers, Creeks, and cattle. a1793 P. M. Freneau Poems (1809) II. 98 (title) The Gougers. 1814 Q. Rev. 10 522 Whenever American sculpture shall exhibit..a combat between two Virginian athletæ, the gouger and the gougee must [etc.]. 1826 T. Flint Recoll. Last Ten Years 176 It is true there are gamblers and gougers and outlaws. 1840 T. C. Haliburton Clockmaker 3rd Ser. ix Regular built bruisers too; claw your eyes right out, like a Carolina gouger. 2. Australian. An opal-digger. Also, less commonly, a miner seeking other minerals, e.g. copper. Cf. opal gouger n. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > miner > [noun] > one who mines other specific substances jetter1614 gum-diggerc1858 chlorider1874 gemmer1889 gouger1898 hardrocker1903 opal gouger1904 1898 Barrier Weekly Post 17 Sept. 13 The reason assigned for the absence of the ‘gouger’ from this hill is the extreme hardness of the ground not altogether the absence of opal. 1936 I. L. Idriess Cattle King xiii. 112 The silver gougers relied for their supplies on bullock~teams from Menindee. 1936 A. Russell Gone Nomad vii. 58 Immature opal..was only too often..the usual portion of the gouger. 1937 Discovery June 185/2 All their worldly wealth was their copper gouger's outfit. 1948 V. Palmer Golconda iii. 19 Leave that piddling hand-to-mouth work to the gougers! Real mining was a long-range business. 1960 Times Rev. Industry Mar. 96/3 Because the firm can handle only 650 tons of ore a year from North Queensland copper-gougers—miner-prospectors who rely on established mining companies to treat their ore—the gougers have invited Japanese mining companies to erect a treatment plant. 1968 Sunday Mail (Brisbane) 4 Aug. 30/8 Copper gougers were warned last week against southern speculators moving in on Mt. Isa. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1790 |
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