单词 | at the dear hand |
释义 | > as lemmasat the dear hand ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > monetary value > price > [adverb] > at specific type of price at the best hand1552 at (the) best1865 1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Bye dearer, or at the last hande. 1582 N. Lichefield tr. F. L. de Castanheda 1st Bk. Hist. Discouerie E. Indias xxxiii. 82 b To the end our Merchaunts..might..buye theyr Spices at the better hande. 1599 R. Hakluyt Princ. Navigations (new ed.) II. ii. 3 For the procuring of which..commodities at the best and first hand. 1696 J. F. Merchant's Ware-house 11 The whole sute is generally sold at the best hand for three Pound ten. 1715 J. Urmstone Let. 21 June in W. L. Saunders Colonial Rec. N. Carolina (1886) II. 187 Obliged to buy house land servants and stock at the worst hand. 1767 W. Cowper Let. 14 May (1979) I. 166 I might..serve your Honour with Cauliflowers and Brocoli at the best hand. 1807 A. Young Gen. View Agric. Essex II. xv. 394 No person having 4d. can be in want of a dry faggot at the cheapest hand. 1899 Christian Work 9 Feb. 217/2 He was the most likely one to help them to procure provisions at the best hand. < as lemmas |
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