| 单词 | to pluck a pigeon |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto pluck a pigeon b. to pluck a pigeon and variants: to swindle or fleece a person. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > defrauding or swindling > defraud or swindle [verb (intransitive)] to pull a finchc1386 to bore a person's nose?1577 to wipe a person's nose1577 verse1591 lurch1593 to grope a gull1594 cheat1647 to lick (another's) fingers1656 to live upon the shark1694 sharp1709 fineer1765 to pluck a pigeon1769 swindle1769 to run a game1894 to sell (a person) a pup1901 scam1963 1769 F. Gentleman Stratford Jubilee ii. ii. 20 Most certainly—we had too many of the knowing ones there—here we shall have well-fledged tame pigeons to pluck in plenty. 1794 Sporting Mag. 4 47 I was instantly looked up to as an impending pigeon..and every preparation was made for the plucking. 1849 H. Melville Redburn xliv. 281 What little money he has, he spends freely; he can not be a polite blackleg, for I am no pigeon to pluck. 1885 H. M. Milner Turpin's Ride to York i. ii. 4/2 It's time to see if these pigeons are worth the plucking. 1922 Times 26 May 5/2 His client was probably the fattest and most easily plucked pigeon that ever flew into the betting club. 2003 Star-News (Wilmington, N. Carolina) (Nexis) 27 Apr. 6 e North Carolinians are no longer pigeons to be plucked. < as lemmas |
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