| 单词 | sprucer |
| 释义 | > as lemmasˈsprucer ˈsprucer n. a person who deceives or outwits others, a trickster. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > fabrication of statement or story > a false or foolish tale > [noun] > of an exaggerated kind > one who tells romancera1623 legend-makera1625 legend-monger1680 screamer1831 blagueur1883 sprucer1917 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > cheating, fraud > trickery, playing jokes > [noun] > practitioner > who bluffs screamer1831 blagueur1883 bluff1904 four-flusher1904 sprucer1917 1917 W. Muir Observ. Orderly xiv. 230 He would be denounced as a ‘sprucer’ if he managed to arrive late for his meal and yet, by a trick, to secure a front place in the waiting queue at the canteen. 1930 P. MacDonald Link ix. 194 This is where the G.D. begins to show up for the sprucer that he is. 1968 Listener 25 Jan. 111/2 I suspect Peter Eckersley was pulling Cutforth's leg. He was a good ‘sprucer’, as they used to say in Swadlincote. < as lemmas |
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