figure-dancern.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: figure n., dancer n.

Etymology: < figure n. + dancer n., after figure-dance n.In sense 2 with allusion to a forger's altering the value of a banknote by adding figures to it. Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈfigure-ˌdancer.

1. A performer in a figure-dance.

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society > leisure > dancing > types of dance or dancing > square, figure, or set dance > [noun] > dancer

figure-dancer1753

figurer1782

square dancer1976

1753 A. Murphy Gray's Inn Jrnl. No. 25 They all had the Honour of Kissing a Figure Dancer.

1781 R. B. Sheridan Critic i. i French spies..disguised like fiddlers and figure dancers.

1819 Metropolis (ed. 2) II. 202 The figure-dancers, flower-girls, characters [etc.].

2. slang. (See quot. 1796.)

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society > trade and finance > money > counterfeiting > [noun] > person who

falser1340

false-bullera1400

money-makerc1450

multipliera1500

counterfeiter1534

false-coiner1574

coiner1578

counterfeit1606

ben-feaker1612

venter1629

voucher1673

falsifiera1682

utterer1731

figure-dancer1796

boodler1872

paper-pusher1928

1796 Grose's Classical Dict. Vulgar Tongue (ed. 3) Figure Dancer, one who alters figures on bank notes, converting tens to hundreds.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online March 2021).

单词	figure-dancer
释义	figure-dancern. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: figure n., dancer n. Etymology: < figure n. + dancer n., after figure-dance n.In sense 2 with allusion to a forger's altering the value of a banknote by adding figures to it. Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈfigure-ˌdancer. 1. A performer in a figure-dance. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > dancing > types of dance or dancing > square, figure, or set dance > [noun] > dancer figure-dancer1753 figurer1782 square dancer1976 1753 A. Murphy Gray's Inn Jrnl. No. 25 They all had the Honour of Kissing a Figure Dancer. 1781 R. B. Sheridan Critic i. i French spies..disguised like fiddlers and figure dancers. 1819 Metropolis (ed. 2) II. 202 The figure-dancers, flower-girls, characters [etc.]. 2. slang. (See quot. 1796.) ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > money > counterfeiting > [noun] > person who falser1340 false-bullera1400 money-makerc1450 multipliera1500 counterfeiter1534 false-coiner1574 coiner1578 counterfeit1606 ben-feaker1612 venter1629 voucher1673 falsifiera1682 utterer1731 figure-dancer1796 boodler1872 paper-pusher1928 1796 Grose's Classical Dict. Vulgar Tongue (ed. 3) Figure Dancer, one who alters figures on bank notes, converting tens to hundreds. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < n.1753
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