单词 | corn-hoarder |
释义 | corn-hoardern. archaic. One who hoards corn or keeps it in order to realize a larger price. ΚΠ 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). < n.1596 |
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