| 单词 | frog-eater |
| 释义 | > as lemmasfrog-eater frog-eater n. a person or animal who eats frogs; esp. (derogatory) a French person or a person of French descent (see sense A. 10). ΘΚΠ the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Europe > French nation > [noun] > native or inhabitant of France FrenchmanOE monsieur?a1513 Gaul1630 frog1657 Gallic1755 mounseer1755 parleyvoo1755 frog-eater1766 Galloman1787 mossoo1809 Frencher1826 Frenchy1829 parley1831 crapaud?c1834 wi-wi1841 froggy1853 1766 New Bucks Delight cci. 206 The landlord thus sprawling, the Frenchmen unite, Each takes up his knife..Strike, strike, you frog-eaters, strike. 1863 G. Kearley Links in Chain viii. 179 M. de Lacépède was a frog eater. 1965 Herpetologica 21 226 Klauber..suggests that it [sc. the western massasauga] may be more of a lizard-eater and less of a frog-eater than its eastern counterpart. 2003 New Statesman (Nexis) 1 Sept. The frog-eaters have a secret that Americans are desperate to unearth: how do they get away with eating so much Camembert..while keeping slim? < as lemmas |
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