英语词汇“pricklouse”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组、英语词典-本地帮

单词

pricklouse

释义

pricklouse Now dial.|ˈprɪklaʊs|
Also 8– prick-the(-a)-louse.
A derisive name for a tailor.
1500–20Dunbar Poems xxvii. 5 Betuix a telȝour and ane sowtar, A pricklouss and ane hobbell clowttar.1587Durham Depos. (Surtees) 322 Pricklouse that thou arte.1668R. L'Estrange Vis. Quev. (1708) 151 The poor Prick-Lice were damn'dly startled at that, for fear they should not get in.1709O. Dykes Eng. Prov. & Refl. (ed. 2) 117 What an ignorant Presumption..for an impudent Prick-lowse to set up for a Lawyer, or a Statesman.a1796Burns Answ. to Tailor ii, Gae mind your seam, ye prick-the-louse, An' jag-the-flae.1828Craven Gloss. (ed. 2), Prick-a-louse, a contemptuous name for a tailor.

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