| 单词 | paid-off |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspaid-off paid-off adj. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > lack of work > [adjective] > dismissing or discharging > dismissed or discharged discarded1631 time-expired1822 paid-off1894 sacked1934 pink-slipped1957 1740 C. Davies Life & Adventures ii. 80 We ripp'd up old Stories, and were as merry as so many new-paid-off Sailors.] 1894 H. Nisbet Bush Girl's Romance xi. 100 They were mostly the paid-off shearers and extra stockmen whom he had met. 1962 B. J. Friedman Stern iii. 85 All eight countermen would..trap Stern against the paperback books, hitting him in the stomach a few times and then holding him for a paid-off patrolman. 1991 Times 16 Dec. 9/4 I've got a lot of the paid-off journalist hacks that are working on the East Coast with their recipied political theories. < as lemmas |
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