单词 | brusheroo |
释义 | > as lemmasbrusheroo b. Short for brush-off n. at brush v.2 5b. So brusheroo [-eroo suffix] . ΘΚΠ the mind > language > statement > refusal > [noun] > a denial or refusal > rebuff rebuff1582 affrontment1611 backslap1828 marching orders1856 a slap in (or on) the face, in the eye, on the wrist1861 rebuffal1887 a smack in the face1895 brush1941 brush-off1941 a smack in the eye1941 1941 in Amer. Speech (1942) 17 12/1 That's why I'm getting the brusheroo. 1947 B. Schulberg Harder they Fall i. 27 The ones who had already made up their minds almost always got the brush. 1953 ‘S. Ransome’ Drag Dark (1954) ii. 25 So far I had found no chance to give Goodlee the brush. 1962 ‘E. Lacy’ Freeloaders viii. 175 I told Daniele what a crawling punk her boyfriend was, and she gave him the brush. < as lemmas |
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