| 单词 | strong in purse |
| 释义 | > as lemmasstrong in (the) purse (also pocket) e. Having substantial financial resources, wealthy, rich; often more fully strong in (the) purse (also pocket). Also (by metonymy) of a purse or pocket. Now somewhat rare.See also strong farmer n. at Compounds 3. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > wealth > [adjective] richeOE eadyOE richfulc1300 plenteousc1350 wealthyc1380 wealthfula1400 wlouȝa1400 wellc1405 biga1425 goldedc1450 substantious1490 able1516 opulent?1518 substantive1543 strong1581 fat1611 juicy1627 fortuned1632 affluent1652 rhinocerical1688 rough1721 rowthy1792 golden1797 strong-handed1817 well-to-do1831 wealth-encumbered1844 nabobish1857 rhinoceral1860 ingoted1864 tinny1871 pocket-filled1886 oofy1896 nawabi1955 brewstered2001 1581 R. Mulcaster Positions xxxix. 215 Young gentlemen in purse strong, in yeares weake..be also subiect to all the same perills. 1622 F. Bacon Hist. Raigne Henry VII 161 The Merchant-Aduenturers likewise, (beeing a strong Companie at that time, and well vnderset with rich Men, and good order,) did hold out brauely. 1699 B. E. New Dict. Canting Crew Squirish, foolish; also one that pretends to Pay all Reckonings, and is not strong enough in the Pocket. 1716 Pharmacopœia Radcliffeana (ed. 2) 51 May not a well-turn'd Head, and a strong Pocket, serve the Turn as well? 1726 J. Swift Gulliver I. ii. vi. 113 He then desired to know..Whether, a Stranger with a strong Purse might not influence the vulgar Voters. 1754 A. Berthelson Eng. & Danish Dict. at Strong To be strong in the purse. 1820 G. Belzoni Narr. Egypt & Nubia ii. 260 I should have..prepared the way for others stronger than myself in purse. 1823 Mirror of Lit. 3 May 432/2 I am not..sufficiently strong in pocket to stem the torrent of ignorance..against the profession. 1841 J. James Hist. & Topogr. Bradford 122 In the days of Elizabeth and Charles, there was no need for that unwieldy balista, which none but strong pockets can move—a bill in the Duchy Court—to enforce suit and service from the lower class to the soke mills. 1852 Brit. Farmer's Mag. 22 541/1 With a view of assisting industrious occupiers,..and also of benefiting those who, although stronger in pocket, have still many difficulties to overcome. 1885 Times 3 Sept. 7/4 There must be a good deal of the article in the hands of ‘strong people’—that is, people who can wait..for a rise. 1887 Mech. Engineer 5 Nov. 102/3 An ‘Electric Trust’ arrangement, where the longest purse and the strongest pocket prevails. 1907 Insurance Monitor Sept. 320/2 His backers are few in number and strong in pocket. a1917 B. C. Browne Sel. Papers Social & Econ. Questions (1918) xxii. 192 A man, strong in purse and in character, says, ‘This is all nonsense,..there is nothing seriously wrong with the Company.’ 1930 Times 25 Mar. 24/7 Cash in hand and at bank is £110,575... We are stronger in the pocket by £20,000. 1992 Courier Mail (Queensland) (Nexis) 22 Feb. The size of the losses has daunted the strongest purse. < as lemmas |
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