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单词 pipe lay
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pipe layv.

Brit. /ˈpʌɪp leɪ/, U.S. /ˈpaɪp ˌleɪ/
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: pipe n.1, lay v.1
Etymology: < pipe n.1 + lay v.1 Compare slightly earlier to lay pipe at pipe n.1 Phrases 4, pipelayer n. 2, and pipe-laying n. 2.
U.S. Politics slang.
1. intransitive. Originally: to import voters into an electoral district on a pretext in order to win an election. In later use more generally: to engage in political intrigue or corruption, esp. electoral malpractice. See also to lay pipe at pipe n.1 Phrases 4. Now rare.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > undertaking > preparation > prepare or get ready [verb (intransitive)] > make preparations or arrangements
purveyc1300
providec1425
ordain1487
disponea1500
devisec1500
to take (an) order1545
dress1596
pipe lay1844
to do one's homework1915
legislate1925
1844 Republican Compiler (Gettysburg, Pa.) 17 June 2/2 The way the Telegraph's friends will have to pipelay to make up the 5,000 [votes] will be a ‘caution’.
1884 J. MacCarthy Hist. Four Georges I. 107 Bolingbroke and Oxford..had been ‘pipe-laying’, to use an expressive American word, for the Stuart restoration during all the closing years of Queen Anne's reign.
1888 San Francisco Weekly Examiner 22 Mar. in J. S. Farmer & W. E. Henley Slang (1902) V. 213/1 There are not a few who are pipe-laying and marshalling forces for the fray.
1902 Atlanta Constit. 11 Jan. 7/4 Each president devotes his first term to pipe laying for a second term.
2. transitive. To force (a person) out of an election through corruption or malpractice. Obsolete. rare.
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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > cheating, fraud > duping, making a fool of > befool, cheat, dupe [verb (transitive)]
belirtOE
bitruflea1250
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bedaffc1386
befool1393
mock1440
triflea1450
glaik?a1513
bedawa1529
fond?1529
allude1535
gulla1550
dolt1553
dor1570
poop1575
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begecka1586
elude1594
wigeona1595
fool1598
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waddle1606
woodcockize1611
bemocka1616
greasea1625
noddypoop1640
truff1657
bubble1668
cully1676
coaxc1679
dupe1704
to play off1712
noodle1769
idiotize1775
oxify1804
tomfool1835
sammyfoozle1837
trail1847
pipe lay1848
pigwidgeon1852
green1853
con1896
rib1912
shuck1959
1848 Campaign Flag (Maysville, Kentucky) 14 Apr. 3/6 He was pipe-layed out of his election last year.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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