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单词 you are none of the hastings
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you are (also he is, etc.) none of the hastings
1. Chiefly slang or colloquial. A person who hastens or makes haste; one who seizes opportunities early or who advances quickly in life. Chiefly in negative contexts, in you are (also he is, etc.) none of the hastings: used to describe a person as slow, sluggish, or lazy. Obsolete.Apparently as a figurative use of sense A. 2.
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the world > action or operation > manner of action > rapidity or speed of action or operation > [noun] > one who is rapid or makes rapid progress
hasting1546
fire-eater1841
fast timer1881
rattler1886
sprinter1899
fast worker1917
swiftie1945
1546 J. Heywood Dialogue Prouerbes Eng. Tongue i. xii. sig. Eiiv Toward your work..ye make such tastings As approue you to be none of the hastyngs.
1581 R. Mulcaster Positions iv. 19 Ripenes in children, is not tyed to one time, no more then all corne is ripe for one reaping... Some be hastinges and will on, some be hardinges, and drawe backe.
a1661 T. Fuller Worthies (1662) Sussex 100 Now men commonly say they are none of the Hastings, who, being slow and slack, go about business with no agility.
1699 B. E. New Dict. Canting Crew You are none of the Hastings, of him that loses an Opportunity..for want of Dispatch.
1787 F. Grose Local Prov. in Provinc. Gloss. sig. R5v He is none of the hastings, said of a dull sluggish messenger.
1894 All Year Round 24 Nov. 499/2 ‘He is none of the Hastings’ is spoken of a slow person in Leicestershire.
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