单词 | bad hat |
释义 | > as lemmasbad hat bad hat n. British slang a scoundrel, a ne'er-do-well. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > harmfulness > playful mischievousness > mischievous person > [noun] wait-scathe1481 wag-pastya1556 mischief1586 rogue1593 devil1600 villain1609 fiend1621 imp1633 sprite1684 torment1785 scapegrace1809 bad hat1877 1877 Times 15 June 4/5 Many of one's own brother officers..fancy you must be ‘a bad hat’ if you have served on the Coast [sc. the West Coast of Africa]. 1886 W. Besant Children of Gibeon III. ii. xxxii. 268 There are always bad hats in every family. 1916 Chambers's Jrnl. May 302/2 Now, Joshua Billings, A.B., though officially a bad hat, was one of the best seamen in the ship. 1958 Daily Mail 6 Sept. 4/2 Some of them innocent hard~working people, others petty thieves and bad hats. 1992 Economist 11 July 39/1 Charles Haughey, whom the Unionists thought a bad hat, is no longer prime minister. < as lemmas |
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