| 单词 | hell-keeper |
| 释义 | > as lemmashell-keeper hell-keeper n. (a) a keeper of a gambling den (cf. sense A. 8); (b) a keeper of hell or the underworld. ΚΠ 1823 in ‘J. Bee’ Slang 174 A certain hell-keeper tied himself up before the magistrates, never to touch a card, or handle a rake again. 1872 Galaxy Apr. 580/2 Certain well-known gamblers work their hells and branch hells..without paying for the privilege as a European hell-keeper is obliged to do. 1977 Assoc. Press (Nexis) 22 June One joke: a group of Burmese, condemned to hell cluster around a cauldron marked ‘socialism’, shunning one labeled ‘capitalism’ to the great puzzlement of the hell-keeper. < as lemmas |
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