单词 | money bag |
释义 | money bagn. 1. A bag for holding money. Also in plural (humorous): wealth. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > wealth > wealth or riches > [noun] wealc888 ednessa1200 richessea1200 richdomc1225 richesses?c1225 wealtha1275 richesc1275 winc1275 warison1297 wonea1300 merchandisec1300 aver1330 richesc1330 substancea1382 abundancec1384 suffisance1390 talenta1400 pelf?a1505 opulence?1518 wealthsa1533 money bag1562 capital1569 opulency1584 affluency1591 affluence1593 exuberance1675 nabobism1784 money1848 society > trade and finance > money > place for keeping money > money-bag, -purse, or -belt > [noun] pungeOE by-girdlec1000 purselOE almonerc1330 pouch1355 almonryc1450 penny purse1523 cherry-bag1539 money bag1562 bung1567 jan1610 penny pouch1650 coda1680 zone1692 spung1728 money purse1759 spleuchan1787 skin1795 sporran1817 fisc1820 moneybelt1833 poke1859 purse-belt1901 1562 in E. Roberts & K. Parker Southampton Probate Inventories, 1447–1575 (1992) I. 183 A mony bagg, viij d. 1565 T. Cooper Thesaurus at Numarius Theca numaria, a money bagge. 1600 W. Shakespeare Merchant of Venice ii. v. 18 I did dreame of money baggs to night. View more context for this quotation 1678 S. Butler Hudibras: Third Pt. iii. ii. 98 They now begun With Law and Conscience to fall on..Ingag'd with Money-bags, as bold As men with Sand-bags did of Old. 1713 J. Addison in Guardian 13 July 2/1 I found my Place taken up by an ill-bred, awkward Puppy with a Mony-bag under each Arm. 1798 T. Holcroft Knave, or Not? ii. i. 20 Would you have me, like yourself,..tie myself up in a money-bag, imprison my soul in the circumference of a guinea..? 1833 C. Lamb Stage Illusion in Last Ess. Elia 24 The insecure tenure by which he [sc. the miser] holds his money bags and parchments? 1884 St. James's Gaz. 9 July 6/1 The elder had possession of the money-bags; and so Prince Victor was forced to eat the leek. 1948 Sun (Baltimore) 17 Dec. 12/5 Hoffman was attempting to flee with a money bag and race-bet slips. 1988 M. Moorcock Mother London i. 9 The conductor shifts his money-bag. 2. colloquial (occasionally derogatory). A person characterized as having or desiring money; a wealthy person. Also of a group of people, a country, etc. Frequently in plural (usually as money-bags or moneybags) with singular agreement and sense. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > wealth > [noun] > rich or wealthy person > person who has large amount of money jingle-boya1640 four-millioneer1667 plum1709 millionary1786 millionaire1795 money bag1820 millionista1843 trimillionaire1848 multimillionaire1858 billionaire1861 millioner1865 trillionaire1873 quadrillionairea1876 thousandaire1896 milliardaire1897 multibillionaire1906 zillionaire1926 multi1950 mega-millionaire1968 squillionaire1979 1820 J. Keats Isabella in Lamia & Other Poems 58 How could these money-bags see east and west? 1856 C. Mathews False Pretences III. iii. 51 There's Old Moneybags died the other day, worth a million. 1863 A. Gurowski Diary 20 Mar. (1864) II. 174 The money bags, and all those who adjust the affairs of the world to the rise and to the fall of all kind of exchanges..may base their calculations on the above figures. 1898 J. Arch Story of Life 378 Though squarsons and squires, landlords and money-bags leagued together against me, I was returned by a majority of 34. 1917 A. Cahan Rise of David Levinsky xiv. ii. 509 She spoke boastfully and yet reluctantly of these things, as if it were a sacrilege to discuss them with a man who was..a ‘money-bag’. 1952 Manch. Guardian Weekly 23 Oct. 3/1 An appeal went out for minute-men to tap the moneybags in their own locality. 1976 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 29 Mar. 7/3 Clearly the bill would be enormous, since the report says old moneybags Ottawa should assume the major burden. 1990 Sunday Mail Mag. (Brisbane) 14 Oct. 46/5 Bruce..is a real moneybags. He was paid $10 million just for doing the voice. 1996 Sunday Tel. 4 Feb. (Sport section) 9/6 The moneybags clubs in the South and North-East do not agree. 3. Cookery (chiefly British). A filled pastry parcel in which the edges of a thin piece of pastry are gathered together around a filling so as to resemble a bag of money. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > pastry > other pastry articles > [noun] crisp?c1390 mellinder1604 baby cakea1637 cannelons1733 yule-dough1777 vol-au-vent1828 sausage roll1852 cheese fingers1863 cheese straw1866 horn1908 pig in a blanket1926 brik1938 chin-chin1948 pull-apart1958 fortune cookie1962 feuilleté1970 money bag1993 1986 J. Budgen Bk. Appetizers 77 Top folded pastry with cheese filling. Shape pastry around filling like a money bag to enclose.] 1993 Evening Standard (Nexis) 9 Feb. 36 Something not to miss, however, are deep-fried buns with vegetable stuffing, little money-bags of thin pastry with a savoury filling. 1996 Daily Tel. 2 Nov. (Weekend Suppl.) 10/8 Salmon and ginger moneybags. 1999 Scotl. on Sunday (Electronic ed.) 21 Mar. For moneybags, place 2 tablespoons of filling in the centre of the square then simply bring the sides of pastry together, and pinch tight, leaving a top frill. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1562 |
随便看 |
英语词典包含1132095条英英释义在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。