| 单词 | to put the mocker on |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto put the mocker(s) on In singular and plural. Bad luck; a jinx. Chiefly in to put the mocker(s) on: to thwart or bring bad luck to (a person, an enterprise, etc.). Also to have the mockers on: to be jinxed or unlucky. Cf. mock n.5 ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > adversity > calamity or misfortune > [noun] > misfortune or ill-luck > causing or bringing misfortune > one who or that which foota1225 woea1300 infortunec1405 infortunate1558 jettatura1822 bad medicine1857 hoodoo1882 voodoo1902 jinx1911 mock1911 mocker1923 kiss of death1948 1923 C. Drew Rogues & Ruses 115 They'll ave to race without me to-morrow. I've got a mocker hung on me. 1949 L. Glassop Lucky Palmer vii. 62 It's that sheila... She's put the mocker on us. 1970 ‘B. Mather’ Break in Line v. 61 ‘He isn't bad at all.’ ‘Then what did you put the mockers on him for?’ 1970 J. Porter Dover strikes Again ii. 36 This investigation had got the mockers on it from the start. 1974 ‘J. Ross’ Burning of Billy Toober xi. 102 I tailed him... Not to do anything. Just to let him see he was being tailed. To give him the mockers. 1985 J. Kelman Chancer (1987) 162 Tammas glanced at Billy: What d'you bring him with you for? He always put the fucking mokkers on me? 1991 ‘J. Gash’ Great Calif. Game (1992) iv. 30 Maybe it wouldn't put the mockers on me quite so badly. < as lemmas |
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