| 单词 | way-beater |
| 释义 | > as lemmasway-beater ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > thief > robber > [noun] > highwayman routerc1300 malandryna1438 stradarolle1562 highpad1567 highway robber1577 way-beatera1586 lance-man1589 high lawyer1591 St. Nicholas' clerk1598 outrider1599 bidstand1600 land-pirate1608 highwayman1617 pad1652 knight of the road1665 rum-padder1665 paddist1671 rum pad1688 pad-thief1690 gentleman (also squire) of the pad1700 snaffler1728 gentleman1778 scamp1782 scampsman1799 bandolero1832 ladrone1832 Spring-heeled Jack1838 road agent1840 agent1876 a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1590) ii. xxii. sig. Dd3 This we learned chiefly, by the chiefe of those way-beaters. a1595 R. Southwell Humble Supplication (1600) 83 So well knowne it is to euery way beater howe openly Catholikes lye to the pray. 1625 P. Heylyn Μικρόκοσμος (rev. ed.) 460 In former times husbandry began to be neglected Villages depopulated, and hindes, for want of entertainment, to turne way-beaters. 1694 P. A. Motteux tr. F. Rabelais 5th Bk. Wks. xxvi. 122 A sort of People whom they call'd High-way-men, Way-beaters [Fr. Batteurs de pavez], and makers of Inroads in Roads. < as lemmas |
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