| 单词 | place-monger |
| 释义 | > as lemmasplace-monger ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > worker > worker according to manner of working > [noun] > corrupt or unscrupulous place-monger1718 jobber1739 jobman1741 seductionist1817 operator1828 careerist1917 ghost payroller1952 cowboy1972 1718 W. Somervile Reasons against repealing Occasional, & Test Acts (new ed.) ii. 21 The In's and Out's I have observed of late, give me no very Advantageous Idea of a Place-Monger. It is a frail Felicity, and not worth my seeking. 1785 J. Trusler Mod. Times III. 77 Seeing..an advertisement..from a man who advertised places under government to be disposed of..I..waited on Provider the place-monger. 1868 Visct. Strangford Select. from Writings (1869) I. 344 The Athenian bureaucrat or placemonger. 1920 Blackwood's Mag. Aug. 216/2 He glared at the two placemongers with fury in his sky-blue eyes. < as lemmas |
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