| 单词 | wide boy |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswide boy wide boy n. British colloquial a boy or man who lives by his wits, esp. one skilled in dishonest practices or involved in petty criminal activities; cf. sense 13b. ΘΚΠ society > morality > moral evil > lack of principle or integrity > [noun] > dishonesty > dishonest person shondc725 makeshift1554 roundabout1605 fraudsman1613 trickster1711 bug1785 fly-by-night1796 twister1834 rigger1859 shyster1877 crook1879 heel1914 wide boy1937 1933 E. Williams et al. Friday Thirteenth (transcribed from film) You're talking to one of the widest boys ever walked in a pair of shoes.] 1937 R. Westerby Wide Boys never Work 232 Jim was turning, or had already turned, into a Smart Aleck, a Wide Boy, a despiser of the Mugs who worked. 1976 J. O'Connor Eleventh Commandment iii. 38 All the wide boys thought I had gone mad when they saw me in khaki. 2012 Steam World Aug. 48/1 The wide boys of the market had evidently seen a naïve lad from the provinces coming! < as lemmas |
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