| 单词 | newgate man |
| 释义 | > as lemmasNewgate man a. General attributive. Used with reference to inmates of, or things associated with, Newgate prison, as Newgate fashion, Newgate man, Newgate term, etc. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > a language > register > [noun] > vulgar language > vulgar word or expression Newgate term1598 vulgarism1746 society > authority > punishment > imprisonment > prisoner > [adverb] > in manner of prisoners or in twos Newgate fashion1598 1598 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 1 iii. iii. 90 Falst. Must we all march? Bar. Yea, two, and two, Newgate fashion. View more context for this quotation 1600 S. Nicholson Acolastus his After-witte sig. C1 When naught but Newgate tearmes can store ye tongue. 1671 H. Herbert Narrative in Camden Misc. (1990) XXX. 296 He raised 500 men, in his choise..taking up plow men, Newgatemen, and day labourers. 1723 D. Defoe Hist. Col. Jack (ed. 2) 195 Every Newgate Wretch..has here a fair Opportunity. 1749 H. Fielding Tom Jones V. xv. iv She treated them with the same disdain with which one of those sages of the law, called Newgate solicitors, treats the qualms of conscience in a young witness. View more context for this quotation 1807 E. S. Barrett All Talents' Garland (ed. 3) 22 Now fare ye well, my Treasury Chums..And when your Dissolution comes, ‘Like Newgate cocks, die hard,’ Sirs! 1850 E. B. Browning Soul's Trav. 39 The brothel shriek, and the Newgate laugh. 1956 William & Mary Q. 13 476 It [sc. inoculation] was tested in much-publicized experiments on Newgate prisoners. 1978 P. O'Brian Desolation Island ii. 49 I shall stick to Ajax, the new seventy-four, a fine ship, with no flash Newgate cullies lurking in the hold. < as lemmas |
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