| 释义 |
gutter-blood Sc.|ˈgʌtəblʌd|
A base-born or low-bred person; one of the rabble.
1818Scott Hrt. Midl. xviii, The gutter-bloods! and deil a gentleman amang them. 1825–80in Jamieson. 1868E. Yates Rock Ahead iii. vii, A dozen young gutter-bloods, street-boys, would have been round him in a moment.
Hence ˈgutter-blooded a., base-born.
1829Scott Anne of G. xiii, The gift he hath for chastising the gutter-blooded citizens of a free town. |