英语词汇“pencil fever”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

† pencil fever n. Horse Racing slang Obsolete a disease humorously attributed to a racehorse whose starting price has suddenly lengthened as a result of negative reports on its preparation, condition, etc.

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1874 Hotten's Slang Dict. (rev. ed.) 250 Pencil-fever, a suppositious disease among racehorses..sets in when, despite the efforts of the ‘marketeers’, a horse can no longer be kept at a short price in the lists, through his actual condition being discovered, and when every layer of odds is anxious to write his name down.

1883 B'ham Weekly Post 18 Aug. 8/5 Among the latest victims of ‘pencil’ fever is Elzevir, who has been doing so badly of late that the horse-watchers advise their clients to have nothing to do with him.

单词	pencil fever
释义	> as lemmas pencil fever † pencil fever n. Horse Racing slang Obsolete a disease humorously attributed to a racehorse whose starting price has suddenly lengthened as a result of negative reports on its preparation, condition, etc. ΚΠ 1874 Hotten's Slang Dict. (rev. ed.) 250 Pencil-fever, a suppositious disease among racehorses..sets in when, despite the efforts of the ‘marketeers’, a horse can no longer be kept at a short price in the lists, through his actual condition being discovered, and when every layer of odds is anxious to write his name down. 1883 B'ham Weekly Post 18 Aug. 8/5 Among the latest victims of ‘pencil’ fever is Elzevir, who has been doing so badly of late that the horse-watchers advise their clients to have nothing to do with him. extracted from penciln. < as lemmas
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