| 单词 | by habs and nabs |
| 释义 | > as lemmasby habs and nabs 2. quasi-n. In at (by) hab or nab = 1; by hab or by nab, by habs and nabs: see quots. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > causation > chance or causelessness > [adverb] > randomly or haphazardly into uncertain1382 uncertainlya1387 at adventure (also adventures)c1390 at or on six and sevena1398 auntersa1450 at all adventure (also adventures)1485 by hab or by nab1530 at rovers (rarely rover)c1531 hab or nab1542 hitty-missy1553 rovingly1583 haphazard1600 random1619 unsight, unseena1627 happy-be-lucky1633 cross and pile1648 temerariously1669 happy-go-lucky1672 à tort et à travers1749 randomly1765 chance-medley1822 haphazardly1832 willy-nilly1908 by guess and by God (or Godfrey)1931 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 833 By habbe or by nabbe, par une voye ou aultre. ?c1550 tr. P. Vergil Three Bks. Eng. Hist. (1844) 93 While thone sought by happ or nap to subdue thother. a1612 J. Harington Epigrams (1618) iv. 91 Jack Straw, with his rebellious crew, That set King, Realme, and Lawes at hab or nab. a1627 T. Middleton & W. Rowley Spanish Gipsie (1653) iii. sig. E3v Take heed for I speake not by habs and by nabs. 1685 in Colonial Rec. Pennsylvania (1852) I. 138 Who said you have drawn up an Impeachment against President Moore at hab nab. 1877 F. Ross et al. Gloss. Words Holderness Habs-an-nabs: Anything done in odd moments or at intervals of leisure, not continuously, is said to be done by habs-an-nabs. 1892 M. C. F. Morris Yorks. Folk-talk 41 It is only by stealth as it were, and that ‘by habs and nabs’, as we say, that a stranger, can learn much of the true folk-talk. < as lemmas |
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