| 单词 | gob of money |
| 释义 | > as lemmasgob of money 2. A large sum of money; esp. in gob of money, †gob of gold. Now chiefly U.S. colloquial. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > money > sum of money > [noun] > large sum pounda1225 ransom?a1300 fother14.. gob1542 mint1579 king's ransomc1590 abomination1604 coda1680 a pretty (also fine, fair, etc.) penny1710 plunk1767 big money1824 pot1856 big one?1863 a small fortune1874 four figures1893 poultice1902 parcel1903 bundle1905 pretty1909 real money1918 stack1919 packet1922 heavy sugar1926 motza1936 big bucks1941 bomb1958 wedge1977 megadollars1980 squillion1986 bank1995 1542 N. Udall tr. Erasmus Apophthegmes i. Socrates §31. 1. 14 A bodye..to whom hath happened some good goubbe of money [L. cui pecuniae nonnihil obtigit]. 1566 T. Drant tr. Horace Medicinable Morall sig. Hvj He to whome, God hercules did bringe, A gubbe of goulde. a1601 T. Nashe Choise of Valentines in Wks. (1958) 406 And tenne good gobbs I will unto thee tell Of golde or siluer. 1670 W. Blake Ladies Charity School-house Roll of Highgate 56 Now pray, dear Madam, speak or write to my Lady out of hand, and tell her how it is with us; and if she will subscribe a good gob. 1692 R. L'Estrange Fables ccxcvi. 257 Dost think I have so Little Wit, as to Part with such a Gob of Money for God-a-mercy? a1825 R. Forby Vocab. E. Anglia (1830) (at cited word) By ‘such a gob of money’, our countryman [sc. L'Estrange] must have meant, as we still mean, by the very same phrase, a good round sum. 1914 Steam Machinery Jan. 4/1 We will nevermore perform an operation for appendicitis unless it is absolutely necessary—to get another large gob of gold before the patient kicks in. 1956 Life 26 Mar. 51/2 Suddenly there was a gob of money up for grabs. 2014 A. Gill Ladies of Seminary xviii. 99 I can't imagine he didn't do what he was supposed to do with changing his will and designating me a gob of money. < as lemmas |
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