| 单词 | yellow george |
| 释义 | > as lemmasyellow George b. More fully yellow George. A (gold) guinea issued during the reign of George I, II, or III of Britain (1714–1820). Cf. George guinea n., George's guinea n. at Compounds, Geordie n. 1. Now historical and rare. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > coins collective > English coins > [noun] > guinea or twenty-one shillings goldfinch1602 piece1631 yellow boy1654 Guinea1666 broad gold1688 meg1688 broad1710 George's guinea1721 yellow1722 canary bird1785 stranger1785 yellow George1785 Geordie1786 spade-guinea1853 George guinea1880 1785 F. Grose Classical Dict. Vulgar Tongue (at cited word) Yellow George, a guinea. 1786 R. Burns Poems 221 An' baith a yellow George to claim, An' thole their blethers! 1812 Sporting Mag. 39 139 A smart and scientific boxing match took place..for a George betwixt a gallant knight of the thimble..[and] Power the celebrated Pugilist. 1834 Dublin Univ. Mag. Sept. 268/1 Though England be's a main good place to live in..as long as a man has summut in his fob, it fares but badly there when the yellow Georges are lacking. 1904 M. Deane Rose-spinner xii. 99 ‘What do you want with twenty yellow Georges, you vixen?’ ‘To pay a pest of a manty-maker. She vows her brats are starving.’ 1948 G. Heyer Foundling xvii. 259 ‘What do you say to fifty thousand Yellow Georges?’ suggested Mr. Shifnal winningly. < as lemmas |
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