单词 | spintry |
释义 | † spintryn. Obsolete. rare. 1. A species of male prostitute.The Latin form is used as a plural by O. Goldsmith Citizen of World xxxiv. ΘΚΠ society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > prostitution > [noun] > male prostitute sellary1598 spintry1598 varlet1609 whore1609 prostitute1761 renter1893 trade1919 pimp1942 call boy1943 rent1967 rent boy1969 tart1976 1598 R. Grenewey tr. Tacitus Annales vi. i. 121 Then first of all were those vnknowen words of Sellaries and Spintries found out of the filthines of the place. 1605 B. Jonson Sejanus iv. i. 399 Some..Are rauish'd hence, like Captiues, and..dealt away Vnto his Spintries, Sellaries, and Slaues. View more context for this quotation 2. A place habitually used by male prostitutes. ΘΚΠ society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > prostitution > [noun] > brothel > for homosexuals spintry1649 peg house1922 1649 C. Walker Anarchia Anglicana 257 Their New erected Sodomes and Spintries at the Mulbury-garden. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < n.1598 |
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