| 单词 | to patter flash |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto patter (in) flash 3. transitive and intransitive. To speak (a language, jargon, etc.); esp. in to patter (in) flash: to speak criminals' slang or cant (cf. flash adj.3 5b). Also in extended use. Now archaic and rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > a language > using or speaking languages > speak a language [verb (transitive)] parley1570 spit1701 patter1811 the mind > language > a language > register > [verb (intransitive)] > use (current) slang cant1648 to patter (in) flash1811 polari1846 the mind > language > a language > register > [verb (intransitive)] > use jargon > of thieves or disreputable people cant1608 patter1811 1811 Lexicon Balatronicum To Patter, to talk. To patter flash; to speak flash, or the language used by thieves. 1829 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 26 131 I pattered in flash, like a covey knowing. 1857 T. Hughes Tom Brown's School Days i. i. 7 You all patter French more or less. 1872 Punch 6 July 2/1 A gentry cove of the ken does not patter family lingo. 1905 B. Tarkington In Arena 259 Between the acts the orchestra pattered ragtime and inanities from the new comic operas. 1994 T. Clark Junkets on Sad Planet 41 Among those mean streets beneath the bells of Bow I learnt to patter flash. < as lemmas |
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