单词 | ladrone |
释义 | ladronen. 1. Scottish. (Stressed ˈladron.) Used as a vague term of reproach: Rogue, blackguard. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > inferior person > [noun] > held in reproach gluttonc1300 jau dewin1340 Pilatec1390 rascal?a1400 swartc1425 hoberdc1450 dogshead1539 ladronea1557 clapperdudgeon1567 soused gurnet1598 jail-bird1603 cocoloch1610 swappes1626 incubee1631 stitchel1659 potwalloper1820 Little Willie1901 a1557 Lyndesay in Pinkerton's Sc. Poems (1792) II. 8 Quhair hes thow bene, fals ladrone lown? 1706 J. Watson Choice Coll. Scots Poems i. 11 But when Indemnity came down, The Laydron caught me by the Thraple. 1718 A. Ramsay Christ's-kirk on Green iii. 28 Whisht Ladren. 1789 D. Davidson Thoughts Seasons 90 Maggy wha fu' well did ken, The lurking Latherin's meaning. 1887 J. Service Life Dr. Duguid Thou impiddent latheron! 2. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > thief > robber > [noun] > highwayman routerc1300 malandryna1438 stradarolle1562 highpad1567 highway robber1577 way-beatera1586 lance-man1589 high lawyer1591 St. Nicholas' clerk1598 outrider1599 bidstand1600 land-pirate1608 highwayman1617 pad1652 knight of the road1665 rum-padder1665 paddist1671 rum pad1688 pad-thief1690 gentleman (also squire) of the pad1700 snaffler1728 gentleman1778 scamp1782 scampsman1799 bandolero1832 ladrone1832 Spring-heeled Jack1838 road agent1840 agent1876 1652 J. Shirley Brothers v. 62 in Six New Playes (1653) I am become the talk Of every Picaro and Ladron.] 1832 W. Irving Alhambra I. 17 With the protection of our redoubtable Squire, Sancho, we were not afraid of all the ladrones of Andalusia. 1851 M. Reid Scalp Hunters I. ix. 128 There are other ladrones besides the Indians. 1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. Ladrone ship, literally a pirate, but it is the usual epithet applied by the Chinese to a man-of-war. 1883 Ld. Saltoun Scraps I. ii. 189 They would have been bold ladrones that molested any travellers conducted by him. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < |
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