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单词 swesher
释义 ▪ I. swasher1, swesher Sc. Obs. exc. Hist.
In 6 swasche(a)r, swacher, suescher, swescher, -eour.
[f. swash n.2, swesh + -er1.]
A drummer.
15..Aberd. Reg. (Jam.) Commoun tabernar and swescher.1576in Maitl. Club Misc. (1840) II. 340 Gevin Carsane the swaschear that day we moustirit xxx s.1600in Pitcairn Crim. Trials II. 245 To the townes twa swascheris.
▪ II. swasher2|ˈswɒʃə(r)|
[f. swash v. + -er1.]
A swashbuckler; a blustering braggart or ruffian; Sc. a swaggerer, showy fellow. See also quot. 1866.
1589[? Nashe] Almond for Parrat Ded. 3 Neither must you thinke his worship is to pure to be such a swasher.1599Shakes. Hen. V, iii. ii. 28 As young as I am, I haue obseru'd these three Swashers.1619A. Newman Pleas. Vis. 30, I no blaspheming Roarer was, No Swasher, no Repent-too-late.1621Burton Anat. Mel. i. ii. iii. xv. 170 They cannot..make congies, which euery common swasher can doe.1821Scott Kenilw. iii, Known for a swasher and a desperate Dick.1866Gregor Banffsh. Gloss., Swasher, (1) a person of tall stature, and somewhat ostentatious manners. (2) Anything whatever large and attracting attention.1889T. T. Stoddart Angling Songs 300 Sic a swasher I ween Is rare to be seen.
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