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单词 to leave or put to the long sands
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to leave or put (a person) to the long sands
c. Phrase. (Sc.) to leave or put (a person) to the long sands: apparently, to leave in the lurch, to place in a difficulty. Obsolete.
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1671 in Fountainhall's Decision in M. P. Brown Suppl. Dict. Decisions Court of Session (1826) II. 539 It would appear Udney transacts for the haill [sc. bond for the payment of himself and Pitreichy], pays himself, and leaves Pitreichy to the lang sands.
a1679 J. Brown Life of Faith (1824) i. ii. 33 How quickly were they put again to the long sands (as we say).
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