| 单词 | to fanny it out |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto fanny it out transitive. To deceive or persuade (a person) with glib or insincere talk. Cf. fanny n.5 Also in to fanny it out: to talk glibly or persuasively; to bluff.In quot. 1949: to give (a glib or persuasive speech). ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > deception by illusion, delusion > speech intended to deceive > beguile, cajole [verb (transitive)] bicharrea1100 fodea1375 begoc1380 inveiglea1513 to hold in halsc1560 to get within ——1572 cajole1645 to cajole with1665 butter1725 veigle1745 flummer1764 to get round ——1780 to come round ——1784 to get around ——1803 flatter-blind1818 salve1825 to come about1829 round1854 canoodle1864 moody1934 fanny1938 cosy1939 mamaguy1939 snow1943 snow-job1962 1938 ‘J. Curtis’ They drive by Night vii. 84 Try to fanny it out the way this bloke had said. 1949 John o' London's Weekly 4 Mar. 123/3 ‘Fannied’ a ‘Pitch’, that is, got together a larger crowd and told them of the excellence of the play to be seen inside. 1965 A. Prior Interrogators viii. 147 They could not fanny Norris into thinking they believed he might have been out to a woman. 2015 F. Kurylo & N. Kurylo in F. Foreman et al. Last Real Gangster ii. 95 The Krays signed for the billiard hall on a proper deal. It was never blagged, they never fannied him. < as lemmas |
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