| 单词 | hard lyers |
| 释义 | > as lemmashard lyers hard lyers n. Nautical (now historical) = hard line money n. at hard line n. and adj. Compounds. [Apparently a folk-etymological alteration (after hard adj. and the plural of lier n.) of hard line money n. at hard line n. and adj. Compounds.] ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > payment for labour or service > [noun] > sailor's pay > additional payments primage1476 prime gilt1576 pinch-gut money1660 hat money1676 conduct-money1702 hard line money1886 hard-lying money1890 hard lyers1916 1916 ‘Taffrail’ Pincher Martin iv. 56 ‘They ain't so bad,’ he murmured. ‘You gits a tanner a day, 'ard lyers in 'em.’ 2003 Daily Tel. 27 May 23/2 He always said that his decision to join the submariners was partly financial because they would get six shillings a day ‘specialist’ money—four shillings a day danger money while at sea and two shillings a day hard lyers. < as lemmas |
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