| 单词 | baby-snatcher |
| 释义 | > as lemmasbaby-snatcher baby-snatcher n. a person who abducts a very young child; (now chiefly) (derogatory) a person who marries or has a sexual relationship with a much younger partner; cf. cradle-snatcher n. at cradle n. Compounds 2. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > love > love affair > [noun] > activity of a cradle-snatcher > one who cradle-snatches baby-snatcher1857 cradle-snatcher1925 Mrs Robinson1970 1857 Train Jan.–June 221 It was clear to my conscience-stricken mind that I had unwittingly..aided in the foul schemes of the baby-snatchers. 1900 M. Hamilton Dishonor Frank Scott v. 180 She was a large, handsome, not very youthful lady, married to such a young and callow subaltern that she went by the name of the ‘Baby-snatcher’. 1982 United Press Internat. Newswire (Nexis) 21 Apr. Police have rounded up alleged baby snatchers who sold dozens of children to families in the United States. 2007 C. Coates First Impressions 135 She didn't want all her friends and colleagues sniggering at the age difference, and thinking her dad a baby-snatcher. < as lemmas |
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