单词 | patent-monger |
释义 | > as lemmaspatent-monger patent-monger n. a person who makes money from the buying or selling of patents, a holder of many patents. ΚΠ 1697 D. Defoe Ess. Projects 14 Here I could give a very diverting History of a Patent-Monger, whose Cully was no body but myself. 1803 T. G. Fessenden Poet. Petition 49 While a spruce young patent-monger Contrives to wheedle simple ninnies. 1882 Standard 29 Aug. 2/4 It had checked the rapacity of Company promoters and patent-mongers. 1903 ‘A. McNeill’ Egregious Eng. (ed. 3) 74 You have a bright collection of..patent-mongers, all of whom have some sort of fad to exploit or some private axe to grind. 2000 Boardwatch Mag. (Nexis) Oct. 10 Ditch the royalty payments to Geo-works or any other patent-mongers. < as lemmas |
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