| 单词 | not a bean |
| 释义 | > as lemmasnot a bean f. Formerly, a sovereign or a guinea; now only in phraseological use, a coin, a bit of money ( not a bean, no money whatever, not a cent). slang. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > coins collective > [noun] > a coin minteOE minteOE crossc1330 coinc1386 cross and (or) pilea1393 penny1394 croucha1420 penny1427 piece1472 metal1485 piecec1540 stamp1594 quinyie1596 cross and pilea1625 numm1694 ducat1794 bean1811 dog1811 chinker1834 rock1837 pocket-burner1848 spondulicks1857 scale1872 chip1879 ridge1935 1811 Lexicon Balatronicum Bean, a guinea. 1834 W. H. Ainsworth Rookwood III. iii. vi. 34 As yellow as a bean. 1837 W. H. Ainsworth Rookwood (rev. ed.) xxviii. 245 Offering a bean to half a quid (in other words, a guinea to a half-guinea). 1885 D. C. Murray Rainbow Gold v. vi ‘Here's some of the beans,’ he continued figuratively, as he drew five sovereigns from the same pocket. 1903 A. Adams Log of Cowboy xii. 80 Flood, who had anteed up his last bean. 1928 J. Galsworthy Swan Song ii. iv They..never saved a bean, having no beans to save. 1928 D. L. Sayers Unpleasantness at Bellona Club iii None of the Fentimans ever had a bean, as I believe one says nowadays. < as lemmas |
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