单词 | the mint |
释义 | > as lemmasthe Mint d. the Mint: the precincts of the former mint in Southwark, London. Frequently allusively, with reference to the district's reputation as a sanctuary for debtors (see quot. 1977). Cf. Minter n.2 Now historical. ΚΠ 1659 London Chaunticleres i. i. 2 Thou shou'dst be sent to the mint thy self, and be stampt into farthings, to be bestowed on beggars. 1691 R. Ames Last Search after Claret 8 We directly went both of us into the Mint. Where the Ghosts of poor Debtors are constantly Walking, Sometimes to themselves, then to other Men talking. 1718 J. Breval Play is Plot ii. i. 21 Ambition, Madam, Ambition; that which was the downfal of Cæsar, sent me into the Mint. 1733 A. Pope Satires of Horace in Wks. (1736) ii. i. 115 In durance, exile, Bedlam, or the Mint, Like Lee or Budgell, I will rhyme and print. 1768 W. Wilkie Fables 139 Am banish'd by the laws, or fled for debt; Whether in Newgate, Bedlam, or the Mint. 1839 W. H. Ainsworth Jack Sheppard I. i. ii. 50 ‘Do you intend to claim the privileges of the Mint?’ said Jonathan... ‘Is your person in danger?’ ‘Not from my creditors,’ replied Wood, significantly. 1865 Leaves from Diary Celebrated Burglar 61/2 In less than a quarter of an hour we were in the ‘mint’. 1977 J. Burke Jowitt's Dict. Eng. Law (ed. 2) II. 1188/1 The Mint was also a place of privilege in Southwark, near the King's Prison, where persons formerly sheltered themselves from justice under the pretext that it was an ancient palace of the Crown... It was suppressed by the Statute 1723, 9 Geo. 1, c. 28. < as lemmas |
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