单词 | pinchback |
释义 | > as lemmaspinchback pinchback n. Brit. , U.S. now U.S. and rare a person who is mean or miserly, esp. as concerns clothing; frequently attributive.ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > providing with clothing > [noun] > in specific way > other > one who pinchback1600 dresser1679 parakeet1876 snappy dresser1925 sharpster1957 Wild Westerner1963 power dresser1980 1600 T. Nashe Summer's Last Will sig. G4 But two Sonnes he hath..Christmas the one, a pinch-back, cut-throate churle. 1862 E. Tootle Jrnl. 5 July in K. L. Holmes Diaries & Lett. from Western Trails VIII. 89 I would die for a Southerner, but would not give a cent for a Pinch back Yankey. 1924 J. Edwards in P. Oliver Screening Blues (1968) ii. 65 When you go out your front-door to work A pinchback come in your back gate. < as lemmas |
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