| 释义 |
‖ macquignon Obs.
[F. maquignon.]
A horse-dealer.
1798C. Smith Yng. Philos. III. 126 ‘Lord who?’ said the macquignon* in a surly tone. [Foot-n.] *A sort of jobber in horses who still calls himself a gentleman. [1834James J. Marston Hall x, I remember his turning off his chief ecuyer for merely whispering in the street with a maquignon, who was bringing him a horse for sale.] |