| 单词 | on the tap |
| 释义 | > as lemmason the tap 7. on the tap, begging, making requests for loans. Cf. tap v.1 3. slang. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > poverty > mendicancy > [adjective] > begging thigginga1300 begging1583 skeldering1602 maundering1615 maunding?1629 mendicanting1630 mumping1709 panhandling1884 on the tap1932 1932 A. R. L. Gardner Tinker's Kitchen iii. i. 217 Bob the journalist was, like everyone else at the Cross,..out to get what he could.., in plain words ‘on the tap’. 1977 P. Carter Under Goliath xii. 61 She was a real moaner and always on the tap, borrowing sugar and milk. < as lemmas |
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