| 单词 | time-waiter |
| 释义 | > as lemmastime-waiter ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > advantage > expediency > expedience > [noun] > opportunist time-waiter1833 tide-waiter1841 opportunist1873 1833 R. W. Hamilton Serm. ii. 106 He..declined to assist what he forebore to oppose; and received the indignant answer and the just retribution which it ever hurls against the time-server and time-waiter. 1859 G. A. Sala Twice round Clock (1861) 175 You never see these ghostly time-waiters anywhere but on 'Change, and out of 'Change hours. 1899 Globe 30 June During the debate Mr. Courtney call'd himself first a Liberal Unionist and then a Time-waiter. < as lemmas |
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