单词 | struggle-for-lifer |
释义 | struggle-for-lifern. slang. One who has a struggle to live; usually, one who is unscrupulous in his efforts to advance himself in the world. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > endeavour > [noun] > one who endeavours or attempts > one who strives or struggles > to advance in the world or for existence scrambler1806 struggler1825 struggle-for-lifer1895 1895 I. K. Funk et al. Standard Dict. Eng. Lang. II. Struggle-for-lifer (Slang, Eng.), a struggler for life, as against hopeless poverty. 1899 Daily News 11 Jan. 5/4 Some struggle-for-lifers have since carried seats there by sap, mine, and storm. 1905 Pall Mall Gaz. 22 Dec. 1 South Africa..will be edified by the manner in which its interests are employed to serve the tactical exigencies of a political ‘struggle-for-lifer’. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1919; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < |
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