| 单词 | ex-con |
| 释义 | > as lemmasex-con A former convict. Also attributive and in shortened slang form ex-con. ΘΚΠ society > authority > punishment > imprisonment > prisoner > [noun] > former convict freeman1791 expiree1802 old hand1826 emancipist1827 emancipatist1852 expirer1862 ex-convict1867 1867 Cassell's Mag. 2 471/2 The clutches of some vulgar ex-convict mistress. 1887 Chambers's Jrnl. 1 Oct. 637/2 An appointment is made with the ex-convict. 1907 J. London Road v. 104 An ‘ex-con’ who had done five years in Sing Sing. 1955 Publ. Amer. Dial. Soc. No. 24. 34 Better than fifty per cent of Pinkertons are ex-cons. 1955 Publ. Amer. Dial. Soc. No. 24. 34 This estimated percentage of ex-convicts hired by Pinkerton is much too high. 1965 Austral. Encycl. III. 38/1 An ex-convict wanting to return had either to work his passage or pay his fare from his savings. < as lemmas |
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