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单词 corn-hoarder
释义

corn-hoardern.

Etymology: Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈcorn-ˌhoarder.
archaic.
One who hoards corn or keeps it in order to realize a larger price.
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1596 Bp. W. Barlow tr. L. Lavater Three Christian Serm. ii. 59 Cornhoorders, who had rather the corne should waxe fustie in their garners, than to sell it out at a reasonable rate.
1598 J. Dickenson Greene in Conceipt To Rdr. sig. A 4v Gredy Corne-hoorders..generally cursed.
1631 C. Fitzgeffry (title) The curse of corne-horders.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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