| 单词 | one's rent comes in |
| 释义 | > as lemmasone's rent comes in ΚΠ 1613 A. Nixon Straunge Foot-post f. 4v His dublet is of the ragged ranke, with neuer a button on it, and his breeches are very faulty, they must be mended, I maruell he buyeth himselfe no better cloathes now his rents begin to come in so fast. 1616 W. Clerk Withals's Dict. Eng. & Lat. (1634) 166/1 Pannosus.., wee say in English ‘that hath his rent come in’. 1721 J. Kelly Compl. Coll. Scotish Prov. 322 They are sad Rents that come in with Tears. An Answer to them, who seeing your Cloaths ragged, say, Your Rents are coming in. Taken from the double signification of the two Words Rents and Tears. 1738 J. Swift Compl. Coll. Genteel Conversat. 56 I have torn my Petticoat with your odious Romping; my Rents are coming in. < as lemmas |
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