| 单词 | to turn stag |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto turn stag a. An informer; esp. in phrase to turn stag. Also see quot. 1725. ΘΚΠ society > communication > information > informing on or against > [noun] > informer wrayerc1000 wrobberc1300 discoverera1400 denunciator1474 informer1503 denouncer1533 detector1541 delatora1572 sycophant1579 inquisitor1580 scout1585 finger man1596 emphanista1631 quadruplator1632 informant1645 eastee-man1681 whiddler1699 runner1724 stag1725 snitch1785 qui tam1788 squeak1795 split1819 clype1825 telegraph1825 snitcher1827 Jack Nasty1837 pigeon1847 booker1863 squealer1865 pig1874 rounder1884 sneak1886 mouse1890 finger1899 fizgig1902 screamer1902 squeaker1903 canary1912 shopper1924 narker1932 snurge1933 cheese eater1935 singer1935 tip-off1941 top-off1941 tout1959 rat fink1961 whistle-blower1970 1725 New Canting Dict. Stag,..as, I spy a Stag, used by..Shepherd, lately executed, when he first saw the Turnkey of Newgate, who pursu'd and took him. 1785 F. Grose Classical Dict. Vulgar Tongue Stag, to turn stag, a rogue who impeaches his confederates. a1826 J. Holt Mem. (1838) II. 52 We had two disturbers of the harmony of the ship; I mean two stags or informers. 1834 W. H. Ainsworth Rookwood I. i. viii. 217 As to clapping him in quod, he might prattle—might turn stag. a1849 J. Keegan Legends & Poems (1907) 367 My father..became a deserter, but he was not a coward, nor a traitor, nor a stag. < as lemmas |
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