| 单词 | ear-biter |
| 释义 | > as lemmasear-biter ear-biter n. (a) a person who bites the ears of other people; (b) slang a habitual borrower of money, a cadger.In quot. 1855 [apparently with allusion to such an agent chewing off an opponent's ear in a fight] : (U.S. slang) a special agent of the Post Office. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > acquisition > [noun] > one who obtains or acquires > by irregular means motha1387 sorner1449 sucker?a1513 prowler1519 miligant1568 parasite1821 dog robber1832 ear-biter1855 moocher1857 schnorrer1875 toucher1896 scunge1900 scrounger1909 mooch1914 hum1919 hummer1919 hot-stuffer1929 scrounge1937 joyrider1990 1855 J. Holbrook Ten Years among Mail Bags 27 The restoration of the ‘ear-biters’ (as they were then sometimes facetiously called). 1891 O. Dyer Gen. A. Jackson vi. 65 The eyegouger, the ear-biter, the nose-mangler was not considered blameworthy by the fighting portion of the community. 1899 Truth (Sydney) 30 Apr. 5/1 Holiday spirits and careless generosity made them soft marks for the ear-biter. 1934 Bulletin (Sydney) 17 Oct. 21/2 No..earbiters anxious to give you a moral for the ‘lars’. 1940 P. G. Wodehouse Eggs, Beans & Crumpets 19 Two things which rendered Oofy Prosser a difficult proposition for the ear-biter. 2009 M. Shulman Sell Short xi. 131 That famous investor (and ear-biter) Mike Tyson. < as lemmas |
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