单词 | on the bustle |
释义 | > as lemmason the bustle b. A pretence of haste intended to confuse the victim when borrowing or begging for money (see quot. 1819). on the bustle: by means of this or a similar fraud. Cf. hustle n. 4. Now rare. ΚΠ 1819 J. H. Vaux New Vocab. Flash Lang. in Memoirs II. 161 To give it to a man upon the bustle is to obtain any point, as borrowing money, &c. by..affecting great haste so that he is taken by surprise and becomes duped before he has time to consider of the matter. 1864 G. A. Sala My Diary in Amer. (1865) II. 231 Your diamonds must be obtained ‘on the bustle’ from Tiffany's. 1945 S. J. Baker Austral. Lang. 140 On the bustle,..thieves' and push slang for cadging or obtaining petty objects by cheek or cleverness. < as lemmas |
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