| 单词 | oof-bird |
| 释义 | > as lemmasoof-bird oof-bird n. now rare a source of money, a wealthy person. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > management of money > income, revenue, or profit > profit > [noun] > source of profit get-penny1605 Diana1640 money-spinner1825 money-maker1850 oof-bird1888 grosser1959 port wages1992 1888 H. R. Haggard Col. Quaritch II. xiv ‘Is he an oof bird?’ (rich) ‘Rather’, answered the Tiger. a1914 J. P. Bourke Off the Bluebush (1915) 158 The old world trips to the Oof-bird's song: 'Tis poverty cuts like a butcher's knife. 1924 J. Galsworthy Forest iv. ii I've seen your sort at work too often, stalking your game, mousing after the oof-bird. 1946 E. Radford Unusual Words 191 The philologist who explained recently that oof comes from the Oof-bird, the source or supply of money, the ‘goose that lays the golden eggs,’ was not correct, the Oof-bird comes from the oof! < as lemmas |
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