| 单词 | poll-groat bailiff |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspoll-groat bailiff An extortionate tax. poll-groat bailiff: a collector of (excessive) taxes. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > retaining > niggardliness or meanness > [adjective] > extremely Jewish1606 poll-groat1745 Shylockya1818 Shylockian1884 1745 F. Blomefield Hist. Norwich xvi. 77 In 1381, the Commons [were] sorely repining..for the Poll Groats that were demanded of them. 1888 W. Morris Dream of J. Ball 15 The valiant tiler had smitten a poll-groat bailiff to death with his lath-rending axe. < as lemmas |
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