| 单词 | home-breaker |
| 释义 | > as lemmashome-breaker home-breaker n. (a) a person who is blamed for the break-up of a marriage or similar long-term relationship; a home-wrecker; (b) a housebreaker, a burglar. ΚΠ 1864 Brit. Controversialist 3rd Ser. 155/2 There are laws for the house-breaker who breaks a door, but none for the home-breaker who breaks the heart. 1919 Printers' Ink 2 Jan. 61/1 People have wanted weapons for home defense since the first cave man discouraged the first home breaker with a club. 1928 Sunday Disp. 2 Sept. 17/1 As a home-breaker woman is..as good as a man. 2001 D. Jacobs Her Own Words 217 Armed with righteous indignation, Mary strode off to assail this home breaker with her crimes. 2008 S. King Just after Sunset (2009) 456 And why an electric fence in the first place? The Motherfucker had spouted a lot of bullshit having to do with discouraging potential home-breakers. < as lemmas |
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