| 单词 | sink me |
| 释义 | > as lemmassink me P2. sink me: ‘curse me!’; used as an oath. Formerly also as n.: †an utterance of ‘sink me!’ (obsolete). Now chiefly archaic and in works of historical fiction. ΚΠ 1642 R. Andrewes Perfect Declar. Barbarous Pract. sig. Ajv The Cavalliers swore ‘Damme me and sinke me if we doe not kill all the Puritans..in the towne’. 1666 M. Mead Solomon's Prescript. 28 Who can scarce speak a sentence without their Dammee's and Sinkmee's. 1735 E. Cooper Rival Widows ii. x. 41 Make a Person of my Character the Messenger of your Confound-me's, and Rot-me's, and Sink-me's! Make me the Agent of your Oaths and Curses! 1821 W. Scott Pirate III. vii. 151 I had rather you tried your saw..upon the ship's knee-timbers than on mine, sink me! 1940 Baroness Orczy Mam'zelle Guillotine 178 ‘Sink me!’ he muttered, ‘but I'm stiff. I never thought a woman could hit so hard.’ 2005 J. M. Ward Midshipwizard Halcyon Blithe ii. 34 You are the luckiest officer on the dragonship Sanguine today; sink me if it isn't so. < as lemmas |
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