| 单词 | to grope a gull |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto grope a gull 1. A credulous person; one easily imposed upon; a dupe, simpleton, fool. †to grope a gull: to swindle an unsuspecting person: cf. to pluck a pigeon, †a finch. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > defrauding or swindling > defraud or swindle [verb (intransitive)] to pull a finchc1386 to bore a person's nose?1577 to wipe a person's nose1577 verse1591 lurch1593 to grope a gull1594 cheat1647 to lick (another's) fingers1656 to live upon the shark1694 sharp1709 fineer1765 to pluck a pigeon1769 swindle1769 to run a game1894 to sell (a person) a pup1901 scam1963 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > cheating, fraud > duping, making a fool of > [noun] > gullible person, dupe foola1382 woodcockc1430 geckc1530 cousinc1555 cokes1567 milch cow1582 gudgeon1584 coney1591 martin1591 gull1594 plover1599 rook1600 gull-finch1604 cheatee1615 goata1616 whirligig1624 chouse1649 coll1657 cully1664 bubble1668 lamb1668 Simple Simon?1673 mouth1680 dupe1681 cull1698 bub1699 game1699 muggins1705 colour1707 milk cow1727 flat1762 gulpin1802 slob1810 gaggee1819 sucker1838 hoaxee1840 softie1850 foozle1860 lemon1863 juggins1882 yob1886 patsy1889 yapc1894 fall guy1895 fruit1895 meemaw1895 easy mark1896 lobster1896 mark1896 wise guy1896 come-on1897 pushover1907 John1908 schnookle1908 Gretchen1913 jug1914 schnook1920 soft touch1924 prospect1931 steamer1932 punter1934 dill1941 Joe Soap1943 possum1945 Moreton Bay1953 easy touch1959 1594 T. Nashe Terrors of Night in Wks. (Grosart) III. 257 Liues there anie such slowe yce-braind beefe-witted gull. 1597 W. Shakespeare Richard III i. iii. 326 Clarence whom I indeed haue laid in darkenes, I doe beweepe to many simple guls: Namely to Hastings, Darby, Buckingham. View more context for this quotation 1601 J. Marston et al. Iacke Drums Entertainm. i. sig. B4 He..will not sticke to spend some 20. pound To grope a gull. c1616 R. C. Times' Whistle (1871) v. 2217 In these dayes hee's deemd a very gull That cannot take Tobacco. a1622 J. Davies Epigr. in Poems (1876) II. 9 To define a Gull in termes precise—A Gull is he which seemes, and is not, wise. 1645 J. Milton Colasterion 11 His very touching ought that is lerned, soiles it, and lays him still more and more open a conspicuous gull. 1748 T. Smollett Roderick Random II. li. 167 If I had been such a gull..I would without any more ado tuck myself up. 1811 Duke of Wellington Dispatches (1837) VII. 497 It is as well to let him believe that we are good natured gulls who will easily swallow. 1839 C. Dickens Nicholas Nickleby xix. 179 ‘Done!’ cried the noble gull. ‘Within ten minutes’. 1885 R. L. Stevenson & F. Stevenson Dynamiter 60 He perceived by what..unmanly fear of ridicule he had been brought down to be the gull of this intriguer. < as lemmas |
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