| 单词 | to run the cutter |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto run the cutter r. Chiefly Scottish. to run the cutter: to evade a revenue cutter, as when engaged in smuggling; (hence more generally) to engage in smuggling, esp. of alcoholic drink, or in a comparable activity (such as seeking to obtain drink illicitly). Now rare. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > illegal or immoral trading > trade in (goods) illegally or immorally [verb (transitive)] > smuggle contraband1615 smugglea1687 run1695 to run the cutter1870 1870 Huddersfield Chron. 22 Oct. 5/1 We must believe that our Teutonic friends either admit our laws to be just, or that they ‘run the cutter’! 1882 J. Longmuir & D. Donaldson Jamieson's Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. (rev. ed.) IV. 33 To rin the cutter, i.e., to evade the revenue cutter, hence, to smuggle. 1890 Dundee Courier & Argus 8 Feb. 3/4 It appeared that one of the men was told off to ‘run the cutter’, so called, and six or seven half-mutchkins and a quart bottle of whisky were got. 1907 N. Z. Parl. Deb. 16 Oct. 606/1 It ought to have been known to the police..that for some years past a number of these steamers had been engaged in ‘running the cutter’ into Rohe Potae. 1915 Scotsman 7 Apr. 9/2 Some of us see in prohibition a great chance for ‘running the cutter’ with beer cargoes for thirsty riveters and others. < as lemmas |
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