| 单词 | turnpike sailor |
| 释义 | > as lemmasturnpike sailor turnpike sailor n. a beggar in the guise of a distressed sailor. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > poverty > mendicancy > [noun] > beggar > who pretends to be a sailor whip-jacka1556 turnpike sailor1839 1839 H. Brandon Poverty, Mendicity & Crime 165/1 Turnpike sailors. 1851 H. Mayhew London Labour I. 415/2 I became a turnpike sailor,..and went out as one of the Shallow Brigade. 1884 Clark Russell in Longman's Mag. III. 563 The roadway was filled with a crowd of grimy fellows, turnpike sailors, loafing scarecrows. < as lemmas |
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