单词 | skeldering |
释义 | skelderingadj. Obsolete exc. archaic. Begging, sponging, swindling. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > poverty > mendicancy > [adjective] > begging thigginga1300 begging1583 skeldering1602 maundering1615 maunding?1629 mendicanting1630 mumping1709 panhandling1884 on the tap1932 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > cheating, fraud > a charlatan, fraudster > [adjective] > swindling coney-catching1594 mountebanking1602 skeldering1602 sharping1691 victimizing1834 piking1893 1602 B. Jonson Poetaster i. i. sig. A3v There was the mad skeldring Captaine, with the veluet armes. View more context for this quotation 1606 T. Dekker Seuen Deadly Sinnes London vi. sig. F2v The Meanie are..skeldring soldiers, and begging schollers. 1611 T. Middleton & T. Dekker Roaring Girle sig. K3v Souldier you skeldering varlet? hold, stand. 1822 W. Scott Fortunes of Nigel II. vi. 141 Such base, skeldering, coysterel propositions. 1826 W. Scott Woodstock II. viii. 218 I have lived in a skeldering sort of way myself. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online June 2019). > as lemmasˈskeldering ˈskeldering n. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > poverty > mendicancy > [noun] > begging thigging1331 cravingc1430 rogation?1536 progging1579 skeldering1600 begging1606 beggary1608 maunding1608 maund1610 gooding1646 mendication1646 mumping1685 mendicity1756 cadge1819 cadging1859 mumpery1894 plinging1910 yegging1913 panhandling1931 aggressive panhandling1981 1600 B. Jonson Every Man out of his Humor Dram. Pers. sig. Aiv Shift... His profession is skeldring and odling. View more context for this quotation 1602 T. Dekker Satiro-mastix sig. D2v If Skeldring fall not to decay, thou shalt florish. 1606 T. Dekker Seuen Deadly Sinnes London Ded. That art of Skeldring I studie not; I stand vpon stronger Bases. < adj.1602 as lemmas |
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