| 释义 |
ˈskeldering, ppl. a. Obs. exc. arch.
[f. prec. + -ing2.]
Begging, sponging, swindling.
1601B. Jonson Poetaster i. i, There was the madde skeldring captaine, with the veluet armes. 1606Dekker Seven Deadly Sins vi. (Arb.) 41 The Meanie are..skeldring soldiers, and begging schollers. 1611Middleton & Dekker Roaring Girl v. i, You skeldering varlet! hold, stand. 1822Scott Nigel xvii, Such base, skeldering, coistril propositions. 1826― Woodst. xx, I have lived in a skeldering sort of way myself. |