| 单词 | to swear like a lord |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto swear like a lord a. to swear like a lord: to swear or curse violently, frequently, or without restraint. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > malediction > [verb (intransitive)] > swear or use profanity curse?c1225 oathc1450 swearc1450 to swear like a lord1531 profanea1643 sink1663 rip1772 cuss1838 to let out1840 explete1902 eff1943 foul-mouth1960 1531 T. Elyot Bk. named Gouernour i. xxvi. sig. Mvi For they wyll say he that swereth depe, swereth like a lorde. 1615 Merry Progresse to London (single sheet) My Siluer-hatched Sword, Made me sweare like a Lord. 1742 Scots Mag. Oct. 475/2 Grant then that I do swear like a Lord, and that I outswear a Lord. 1785 J. O'Keeffe Fontainbleau iii. 44 You strut about like a lord,..and drink like a lord, and swear like a lord, ay and—here's your bill. 1846 Ainsworth's Mag. 11 94 He drinks all night, sleeps all day, and swears like a lord. 1863 Willenhall Mag. 1 133 Gentleman Briggs forgot his manners, and swore like a lord. 1918 G. V. McFadden His Grace of Grub St. xxvii. 273 He certainly was in a rage that day, and went off swearing like a lord. 1932 Tyrone (Pa.) Daily Herald 26 Nov. 4/4 I've seen him ride his pony half into Mr. Hubbard's shop and swear like a lord at the old gentleman. < as lemmas |
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