| 单词 | short-snorter |
| 释义 | > as lemmasshort-snorter short-snorter n. U.S. Military slang (see quot. 1954); also, a person who collects a short-snorter; also attributive. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > memory > reminder, putting in mind > [noun] > keepsake, souvenir > autographed money short-snorter1944 the mind > mental capacity > memory > reminder, putting in mind > [noun] > keepsake, souvenir > autographed money > collector of short-snorter1944 1944 Sun (Baltimore) 1 May 13/5 A ‘short-snorter’ made up of 18 pieces of currency. 1944 Sun (Baltimore) 1 May 13/5 The short-snorter fellowship consists of persons who have flown over salt-water. Its ‘membership card’ is a piece of currency signed by other short-snorters. 1954 L. V. Berrey & M. Van den Bark Amer. Thes. Slang (ed. 2) §896/1 Short snorter, an autograph list on a string of attached bills, usually of the currency in the countries visited. 1976 R. M. Stern Will ii. 15 On the study wall in a plain wood frame were the connected, signature-scrawled dollar bills..called short-snorters, or some such silly name. ‘They were the in thing,’ his father had told him... ‘You carried them with you..and got as many signatures as you could... If there ever was a reason, I've forgotten it.’ < as lemmas |
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