One who creeps in corners; figurative one whose proceedings are underhand and stealthy.
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| 释义 | the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > evasive deception, shiftiness > [noun] > one who acts evasively (8) corner-creeper1563 One who creeps in corners; figurative one whose proceedings are underhand and stealthy. palterer1589 A person who palters; an equivocator, a prevaricator; a huckster, a haggler; a trifler. shuffler1621 One who acts in a shifty or evasive manner; a slippery, shifty person. In first quot. transferred. prevaricator1650 A person who acts or speaks so as to evade the strict truth; an equivocator or dissembler, a quibbler. Hence, in later use: one who plays for… hedger1728 One who hedges; a shuffler. twister1834 One who or that which turns about, turns from side to side, rotates, etc. One who turns this way and that; figurative one who shuffles or… pussyfoot1907 A person who acts evasively, non-committally, or in an excessively cautious or hesitant manner. Also: a person who behaves in an underhand way… pussyfooter1923 An advocate or supporter of the prohibition of alcohol; a teetotaller. Now rare. |
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