| 单词 | pot of money |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspot(s) of money c. colloquial. A large sum of money. More fully pot(s) of money (cf. sense 2a). ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > money > sum of money > [noun] > large sum pounda1225 ransom?a1300 fother14.. gob1542 mint1579 king's ransomc1590 abomination1604 coda1680 a pretty (also fine, fair, etc.) penny1710 plunk1767 big money1824 pot1856 big one?1863 a small fortune1874 four figures1893 poultice1902 parcel1903 bundle1905 pretty1909 real money1918 stack1919 packet1922 heavy sugar1926 motza1936 big bucks1941 bomb1958 wedge1977 megadollars1980 squillion1986 bank1995 1856 Knickerbocker 48 619 They had hauled down a big pot and intended henceforth to live as jolly as clams. 1871 Mrs. H. Wood Dene Hollow II. x. 198 A grandfather, who must possess pots of money laid by. 1876 F. E. Trollope Charming Fellow I. xvi. 219 He went to India..and came back..with a pot of money. 1897 ‘Ouida’ Massarenes v You'll make a pot by it, as Barnum did. 1915 C. J. Dennis Songs of Sentimental Bloke (1936) 108 Come 'round an' try yer luck at Steeny's school... ‘No,’ sez me conscience. Then I thinks, ‘Why not? An' buy 'er presents if I wins a pot?’ 1990 L. Ngcobo And they didn't Die iii. 27 You have to have pots of money to live here. < as lemmas |
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