单词 | scalp-money |
释义 | > as lemmasscalp-money scalp-money n. money paid as a reward for ‘bringing in’ scalps of people or animals. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > payment for labour or service > fee for services rendered > [noun] > payment for capture or return of person or property > others scalp-money1704 head money1713 bounty1764 straggling-money1815 1704 in G. Sheldon Hist. Deerfield, Mass. (1895) I. 299 That the sum of Sixty Pounds be allowed and Paid to the Petitioners..as Scalp money. 1712 S. Sewall Diary 13 June (1973) II. 691 Council would have had Subsistence and £100 Scalp-money. < as lemmas |
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