| 单词 | oil of angels |
| 释义 | > as lemmasoil of angels b. Denoting gold or money used for gifts or bribes, as †oil of angels, †oil of gold, oil of palm (cf. palm oil n.2). Cf. sense 6. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > giving > gift or present > [noun] > gold employed in gifts oil of angels1592 society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > illegal payment or exaction > [noun] > bribe gift1382 handy-dandyc1390 pricec1400 bud1436 bribe?a1439 golden (also silver) keyc1450 fee1549 golden shower1589 oil of angels1592 sugar-plum1608 bribera1616 palm oil1625 greasinga1661 sop1665 sweetbreada1670 vail1687 douceur1739 sweetener1741 bonus1759 buckshee1773 smear-gelt1785 grease1823 boodle?1856 soap1860 ice1887 palm-grease1897 poultice1902 fix1929 dropsy1930 pay-off1930 drop1931 oil1935 squeeze-pidgin1946 sling1948 bung1958 back-hander1960 1592 R. Greene Quip for Vpstart Courtier sig. Ev The palms of their hands so hot that they cannot be coold vnlesse they be rubd with the oile of angels. 1623 P. Massinger Duke of Millaine iii. ii. sig. G2 I haue seene..his stripes wash'd of With oyle of Angels. 1683 R. Dixon Canidia ii. 209 'Twas no less than the Oil of Gold, That fed th' Everlasting Lamp of old, For Lyes we're all bought and sold. 1819 T. Moore Tom Crib's Memorial to Congress 81 Oil of Palm's the thing that, flowing, Sets the naves and felloes going! 1833 B. Webster Paul Clifford i. v. 29 I dare say you may manage to soften the justice's sentence by a little oil of palms. 1860 W. Collins Woman in White (new ed.) in Preamble I. 3 If the machinery of the Law could be depended on to fathom every case of suspicion,..with moderate assistance only from the lubricating influences of oil of gold [etc.]. 1935 A. J. Pollock Underworld Speaks 82/1 Oil of palms, money. < as lemmas |
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