| 单词 | penny dog |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspenny dog penny dog n. (a) regional a dog that constantly follows its master or mistress, (hence) a hanger-on, a sycophant; (also) a dog of an inferior breed; †(b) the tope, Galeorhinus galeus (obsolete). ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Canidae > dog > [noun] > inferior cur?c1225 cur-dog?c1225 trundle-tail1486 sholt1587 cute1622 penny doga1682 mutt1900 tripe-hound1923 fleabag1932 the world > animals > fish > subclass Elasmobranchii > order Pleurotremata > [noun] > family Scyliorhinidae > member of genus Galeus thornback dog1668 black-mouthed dogfish1836 miller's dog1836 penny dog1836 miller-dog1848 blackmouth1851 dog1860 galeidan1868 galeid1889 tope1898 a1682 F. Sempill Banishm. Poverty in J. Watson Choice Coll. Scots Poems (1706) i. 11 His wink to me hath been a Law, He haunts me like a penny-dog. 1836 W. Yarrell Hist. Brit. Fishes II. 390 The Tope is a common species along the southern coast, where it is known by the names of Penny Dog and Miller's Dog. 1860 J. G. Wood Reptiles, Fishes, Insects 71 The destructive..fish..known by the names of..Penny Dog, or Miller's Dog. 1899 Shetland News 11 Nov. in Sc. National Dict. (1968) at Penny Foo many vaiges is doo gaein ta hae me rinnin' laek a penny dog? 1953 Amer. Speech 28 252 Penny-dog,... A hanger-on, a servile follower. < as lemmas |
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