| 单词 | town bull |
| 释义 | > as lemmastown bull town bull n. a bull owned in common by a town or parish (now historical); (figurative) a man likened to such a bull, esp. in being promiscuous. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > bull > [noun] > passed amongst owners of cows town bull1582 society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > [noun] > person > male franion1571 Corinthian1575 colt1584 libertine1584 tit1601 night-sneaker1611 highboy1667 man of the town1671 town bull1709 gay deceiver1710 Lothario1756 playboy1829 gay dog1847 girlie-man1897 lizard1935 player1968 mack daddy1991 1582 Aldeburgh Rec. in Notes & Queries (1920) 6 Nov. 366/2 Pd to Thoms hooker for ye Toune bull. 1600 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 2 ii. ii. 149 A kinswoman of my masters... Euen such kinne as the parish Heicfors are to the towne bull. 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues at Bannier Taureau bannier, a common, or town, bull. 1709 Brit. Apollo 30 Sept.–5 Oct. As dull as a Dormouse at hom, but a vary toun Bull abroad. 1794 Gentleman's Mag. Mar. 236 As he was proved to be the Town Bull, it was finally settled that the parish should pay all the damages for not keeping him in better order. 1881 E. E. Hale in J. Winsor Mem. Hist. Boston III. ii. 91 A camp-follower..received one hundred lashes for killing the town bull and selling the beef. 1983 P. Brown & S. Gaines Love You Make vii. 126 It appeared from the evidence on the solicitor's desk..that Paul had been a bit of a town bull in Liverpool. Claims for paternity suits rolled in. 2009 V. B. Conger Widow's Might iv. 125 The widow Hannah Pickering was paid for wintering the town bull for two years. < as lemmas |
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