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单词 money-bound
释义 money-bound, a. jocular.
[after weather-bound.]
Detained by want of money.
1825Moore Mem. Sheridan II. 488 His letters to the treasurer of the theatre on these occasions were generally headed with the words ‘Money-bound’.1863J. C. Jeaffreson Sir Everard's Dau. 85 When you were often money-bound for a month at a time at a manor-house, because you hadn't the requisite amount of cash wherewith to tip the servants on leaving.1867Smyth Sailor's Word-bk., Money-bound, a phrase expressive of such passengers as are detained on board till a remittance arrives for paying the passage made.
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