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单词 small known
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small known
3. colloquial. A well-known person. Chiefly in small known. Obsolete.Originally ‘The Small Known’ was a nickname given to Francis Jeffrey (1773–1850) in humorous contrast with ‘The Great Unknown’ (i.e. Sir Walter Scott).
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the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > reputation > state of being well-known > [noun] > well-known person or thing
notorietyc1650
household name1804
known1822
monstre sacré1959
1822 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. May 607 I beg leave to propose the health of The Small Known.
1835 Court Mag. 6 47/1 It is chiefly from among this latter band of Small Knowns that we shall take the liberty of drawing the Sketches.
1839 New Monthly Mag. 56 275 We have ‘Lives’..of the little Knowns and Unknowns that are spawned forth to meet that craving for immediate intellectual excitement which is the prevailing error of our time.
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