英语词汇“potato-eater”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

potato-eater n. slang (usually derogatory) a person who habitually eats potatoes, esp. an Irish person (in quot. 1871, an Englishman from the point of view of an Afrikaner).

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1796 W. Beddoes Lett. to Rt. Hon. Wm. Pitt on Means relieving present Scarcity 29 How far a small quantity may be taken by the Irish potatoe-eaters at, or instantly before the meal, is another question.

1822 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Nov. 642/1 Harkee, you bog-trotting potato-eater, if you don't make less noise with that cat-call of yours, I'll be after sending one aloft who will speedily change your music.

1871 J. Mackenzie Ten Years North of Orange River i. 16 I have heard ‘potato-eater’ employed by them [sc. Dutch farmers] as a contemptuous term for an Englishman!

1917 Sci. Monthly Oct. 351 The Irish potato-eater was doomed to a subordinate position in comparison to the English, who used a more costly food.

1991 A. Nikiforuk Fourth Horseman vii. 112 The potato-eaters formed secret societies and planned the assassination of English landlords and informers. The potato..nourished gangs of Oak Boys, Ribbon Men and White Boys.

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释义	> as lemmas potato-eater potato-eater n. slang (usually derogatory) a person who habitually eats potatoes, esp. an Irish person (in quot. 1871, an Englishman from the point of view of an Afrikaner). ΚΠ 1796 W. Beddoes Lett. to Rt. Hon. Wm. Pitt on Means relieving present Scarcity 29 How far a small quantity may be taken by the Irish potatoe-eaters at, or instantly before the meal, is another question. 1822 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Nov. 642/1 Harkee, you bog-trotting potato-eater, if you don't make less noise with that cat-call of yours, I'll be after sending one aloft who will speedily change your music. 1871 J. Mackenzie Ten Years North of Orange River i. 16 I have heard ‘potato-eater’ employed by them [sc. Dutch farmers] as a contemptuous term for an Englishman! 1917 Sci. Monthly Oct. 351 The Irish potato-eater was doomed to a subordinate position in comparison to the English, who used a more costly food. 1991 A. Nikiforuk Fourth Horseman vii. 112 The potato-eaters formed secret societies and planned the assassination of English landlords and informers. The potato..nourished gangs of Oak Boys, Ribbon Men and White Boys. extracted from potaton. < as lemmas
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