| 单词 | six-and-eightpence |
| 释义 | > as lemmassix-and-eightpence e. With omission of shillings; spec. in six-and-eightpence as a lawyer's fee; also transferred. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > payment for labour or service > fee for services rendered > [noun] > fee of professional person > lawyer's fee six-and-eightpence1699 legal fee1829 1699 B. E. New Dict. Canting Crew Six and eight-pence, the usual Fee given, to carry back the Body of the Executed Malefactor, to give it Christian Burial. 1748 S. Richardson Clarissa VI. cxxiii. 393 Flinging down a Portugal Six-and-thirty [= a Joanese]. 1756 S. Foote Englishman return'd from Paris i. 12 Lat. The Law..is the Bulwark... Crab. Mercy, good Six and Eight-pence. 1785 F. Grose Classical Dict. Vulgar Tongue Six and eight-pence, an attorney, whose fee on several occasions is fixed at that sum. 1825 T. Hook Sayings & Doings 2nd Ser. I. 178 The six-and-eightpenny feeling..was too strong to be resisted. 1825 T. Hook Sayings & Doings 2nd Ser. I. 269 Cynics tell us, that..we shall find six-and-eightpence at the bottom of every thought and every action of mankind. 1879 M. E. Braddon Cloven Foot x I have..the interest of a friend rather than a lawyer. You don't suppose it's for the sake of the six-and-eightpence. < as lemmas |
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