| 单词 | running business |
| 释义 | > as lemmasrunning business running business n. now rare the business of smuggling illegal or contraband goods. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > illegal or immoral trading > [noun] > smuggling contrabandc1540 smuggling1698 running business1741 fair trade1815 free trade1815 smugglery1895 1741 Groans Irel. 19 The English have lost the Woollen Trade, they are no Strangers to our Running Business, they lay all the Blame on us. 1809 E. A. Kendall Trav. Northern Parts U.S. III. 296 On the Province Point..I was taught to expect to find a store, inhabited, and in the bustle of the running business. 1867 W. McDowall Hist. Dumfries xxxix. 559 Such seizures as these being matters of weekly occurrence, and strikingly illustrative of the extent to which the ‘running’ business was carried on. 2009 S. Kenyon Born of Ice ii. 45 Everyone in the shipping or running business knew of the infamous family of smugglers. < as lemmas |
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