| 单词 | slang cove |
| 释义 | > as lemmasslang cove slang cove n. (also slang cull) [see sense 5] a showman. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > a public show or spectacle > [noun] > show-people > showman exhibitera1616 exhibitor1654 showman1728 traveller1762 slang cove1789 exhibitioner1791 sideshowman1858 mud showman1927 1789 G. Parker Life's Painter xv. 144 To exhibit any thing in a fair or market,..that's called slanging, and the exhibiter is called the slang cull. 1851 H. Mayhew London Labour I. 353/2 We did intend petitioning.., but I don't suppose it would be any go, seeing as how the slang coves (the showmen), have done so, and been refused. < as lemmas |
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