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单词 house burner
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house burner
house burner n.
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c1275 Kentish Serm. in J. Hall Select. Early Middle Eng. (1920) I. 217 Manslechtes, husberners, bakbiteres, and alle oþre euele deden.
a1450 Form Excommun. (Claud.) in E. Peacock Myrc's Instr. Parish Priests (1902) 64 (MED) Also all..comun thefuus & robberus ande houcebrenneres in tyme off pes.
1694 P. A. Motteux tr. F. Rabelais 5th Bk. Wks. xxv. 126 They [sc. the friars] were all drest like so many House-Burners.
1729 G. Jacob New Law-dict. at Bail Murderers, Outlaws, House-burners, Thieves,..&c. are not bailable.
1874 G. Bancroft Hist. U.S. X. xvi. 339 Among the captives there were house-burners and assassins.
2008 Daily Post (Liverpool) (Nexis) 8 Jan. 15 The houses are usually insured..so all the house-burner actually achieves is to give the owner a new home.
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