| 单词 | to fob in |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto fob in 2. To bring or put into, or bestow upon, by jobbery or trickery; to palm or pass off upon. Also, to get up, procure, or promote by trickery; also with up. to fob in: to introduce in an underhand way. ? Obsolete. ΘΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > cheating, fraud > treat fraudulently, cheat [verb (transitive)] > introduce fraudulently shuffle1565 cog1570 foista1640 foba1652 to trump up1695 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > cheating, fraud > treat fraudulently, cheat [verb (transitive)] > obtain fraudulently wilea1400 lurch1530 fox1596 shirk1635 rook1647 trick1662 pigeon1675 sharp1699 cheat1712 fob1792 snakea1861 wangle1888 slip1890 finagle1926 skuldug1936 swizz1961 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > fabrication of statement or story > invent, concoct [verb (transitive)] forgec1386 contrivec1400 commentc1450 dissimule1483 devisea1535 invent1535 fable1553 coin1561 to make upc1650 manufacture1700 to tell the tale1717 fabricate1779 concoct1792 fob1805 mythologize1851 fabulate1856 phoney1940 a1652 A. Wilson Hist. Great Brit. (1653) 68 Another young Gentlewoman, that had less offended, was fobbed into the place. a1652 A. Wilson Hist. Great Brit. (1653) 241 They we[r]e fobb'd in by several Popes..to serve their own turns. 1702 R. L'Estrange tr. Seneca's Morals by Way of Abstract (ed. 8) 522 Here's..the same Thing Fobb'd upon the World over again. 1704 J. Logan in Mem. Hist. Soc. Pennsylvania (1870) IX. 311 Which place was..fobbed upon him. 1715 M. Davies Εἰκων Μικρο-βιβλικὴ 280 That Legendary Triumvirate found ways..to fob into Tinmouth's Gold-finding Legendary their own production of Winefred's Life. 1741 S. Richardson Pamela III. xxxiii. 316 Don't fob upon us your Girl with the Pagan name for Lady Jenny. 1792 J. Wolcot Lyric Epist. to Ld. Macartney in Wks. (1812) III. 126 No Janus he, with selfish views to fob. 1805 Morning Chron. 31 Aug. in Spirit of Public Jrnls. (1806) IX. 208 So now it was time..To fob up an excuse for my sudden retreat. 1825 Westm. Rev. 4 401 We find him with much point, pleasantry, and earnestness, fobbing an ale licence. < as lemmas |
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