单词 | to shove queer |
释义 | > as lemmasto shove (the) queer a. To pass (counterfeit money); also to shove (the) queer. Now Obsolete or rare. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > money > circulation of money > put into circulation [verb (transitive)] > pass counterfeits to give (one) the slip1567 output1576 to nail up for a slip1594 spring1686 smash1801 shove1859 drop1938 1859 G. W. Matsell Vocabulum 79 Shove queer, pass counterfeit money. 1859 [implied in: National Police Gaz. (U.S.) 14 May 4/3 A ‘shover’ named Flynn,..obtained a quantity of ‘queer’ and went with it to Mrs. Beemer's house and left it on her table. (at shover n.1 b)]. 1873 G. W. Perrie Buckskin Mose ii. 36 If I had been detected in ‘shoving the queer’,..they wouldn't have cared one red cent. 1885 Leland Brand-new Ballads (ed. 2) 35 The one [note] I shoved was never worth a continental dam. 1915 A. Conan Doyle Valley of Fear ii. ii. 189 This man Pinto helped me to shove the queer... It means to pass the dollars out into circulation. < as lemmas |
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