单词 | money chest |
释义 | > as lemmasmoney chest money chest n. (a) a chest in which money is stored (now historical); (b) figurative financial resources. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > money > place for keeping money > money box or chest > [noun] boxc1300 packa1393 money coffer1525 money box1585 cashc1595 kista1625 shuttle1626 money chest1683 lob1718 cash-chest1719 bank coffer1797 casket1832 cash-box1834 Peter1859 1683 Dutch Rogue 186 She brought in a great Iron money-chest fill'd with stones and other ponderous materials, which he supposed to be money. 1836 E. B. Pusey in H. P. Liddon et al. Life E. B. Pusey (1893) I. xvii. 393 To put a canker into the money-chests of the Protestant landlords. 1918 Amer. Hist. Rev. 24 33 The money-chest of the revolutionary executive was notoriously hollow. 1999 Times Union (Albany, N.Y.) (Nexis) 17 Sept. d1 There are..several historic pieces throughout the room, including..a money chest once belonging to Philip S. Van Rensselaer. < as lemmas |
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