单词 | bridle cull |
释义 | > as lemmasbridle cull ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > thief > robber > [noun] > highwayman > mounted prancera1640 priggera1640 bridle cull1718 high toby gloak1811 toby-gill1811 tobyman1811 1718 C. Hitchin Regulator 19 A Bridle-Cull, alias a Highway Man. 1743 H. Fielding Jonathan Wild i. v, in Misc. III. 34 A Booty of £10 looks as great in the Eye of a Bridle-cull..as that of as many thousands to the Statesman. 1897 C. Whibley Bk. of Scoundrels 77 He lived on terms of intimacy with the mill-kens, the bridle-culls, the buttock-and-files of London. 1929 J. S. Montgomery in Salt Lake Tribune 21 July 3/3 Resurrection Coves, Bridle Culls, Family-men, and such ilk, all candidates for a ‘Tyburn tippet’. < as lemmas |
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