| 单词 | to come upon the town |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto come upon the town a. Making a living by prostitution or in some other disreputable way. Frequently in to come upon the town: to enter into a life of prostitution. Now historical. ΘΚΠ society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > prostitution > engaged in prostitution [phrase] upon the town1712 on (or upon) the loose1749 on the turf1860 on the game1898 on the bash1936 on the knock1969 the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > by or in manner of theft [phrase] > engaged in theft on the game1839 upon (also on) the town1842 at or on the creep1928 on the knock-off1936 1712 R. Steele Spectator No. 266. ⁋2 This Creature is what they call newly come upon the Town. 1728 J. Gay Beggar's Opera ii. iv. 25 I ha'nt been so long upon the Town. 1731 Gentleman's Mag. Jan. 15/1 So the Child is placed upon the Parish, and the Woman upon the Town. 1842 P. Egan Capt. Macheath iii. 32 Jack long was on the town, a teazer;..Could turn his ‘fives’ to anything, Nap a reader, or filch a ring. 1846 ‘Lord Chief Baron’ Swell's Night Guide (new ed.) 103 This lady..has been on the town about fifteen months,..having a good deal of custom in the mercantile way. 1883 Med. Rec. (N.Y.) 24 Mar. 329/1 The young girls who come upon the town and fall to the lot of the so-called better classes. 1973 P. O'Brian HMS Surprise iv. 70 I shall have no hugger-mugger correspondence in my house; there has been enough of that, with your cousin going into keeping, or coming upon the town, or whatever you like to call it in your modern flash way of speaking. 1998 R. Trumbach Sex & Gender Revol. I. v. 148 Another girl was debauched by a captain and then went on the town, wandering in Fleet Street, picking up men. to come (also go, fall, be flung, etc.) upon the town b. In receipt of parish or town relief; so as to be dependent on charity or state support. Esp. in to come (also go, fall, be flung, etc.) upon the town. Cf. on (also upon) the parish at parish n. Phrases. Now historical. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > poverty > in impoverished state [phrase] > in receipt of relief on (also upon) the parisha1637 in collection1702 upon (also on) the town1783 the mind > possession > poverty > be poor [verb (intransitive)] > receive poor relief to live on the alms-basket1598 to go (also come, fall, be sent, etc.) on the parisha1637 to take collection1670 to come (also go, fall, be flung, etc.) upon the town1836 1783 J. Rayner Cases at Large conc. Tithes II. 528 Such poor as might thereafter fall upon the town by reason of persons inhabiting it. 1836 C. G. Finney Serm. Important Subj. vii. 170 They..think they had much better attend to their worldly business, lest their families should come upon the town. 1890 J. G. Austin Dr. LeBaron & his Daughter xxi. 197 ‘Why did you not let me know of your condition before it came to this?’.. ‘I could not pay you, Doctor, and I did not want to come upon the town.’ 1893 F. H. Underwood Quabbin x. 82 When friendless and destitute persons, legally entitled to support, were, in common parlance, ‘flung upon the town’, the keeper of the poor-farm provided for them in the house he occupied. 1936 R. E. Desvernine Democratic Despotism xii. 224 The old horror of living on the town seems to have disappeared from the minds of many people. 1999 Wisconsin Mag. Hist. 82 266/1 Pride and independence were etched deep into local consciousness. To ‘go on the town’ was a disgrace. to come upon the town c. Participating in the fashionable pursuits of a city or town; moving in fashionable society. Frequently in to come upon the town: to enter into fashionable society. Now historical and rare. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social class > the common people > specific classes of common people > fashionable society > be in fashionable society [verb (intransitive)] upon the town1713 society > society and the community > social class > the common people > specific classes of common people > fashionable society > [adverb] > in fashionable society upon (also on) the town1713 1713 A. Pope Let. in Wks. (1822) VII. 265 An author, who is once come upon the town, is enjoyed without being thanked for the pleasure. 1819 Metropolis (ed. 2) II. 167 We have a man looked up to to-day..in the Gazette in three months, and on the town again, brighter than ever. 1854 W. M. Thackeray Newcomes I. x. 101 Five-and-twenty years ago the young Earl of Kew came upon the town, which speedily rang with the feats of his Lordship. 1944 G. Heyer Friday's Child i. 13 Dash it, a man can't be on the Town without kicking up a lark or so every now and then! < as lemmas |
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