英语词汇“grouch-bag”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

grouch-bag n. U.S. slang a hidden pocket or a (draw-string) purse carried in a concealed manner for the hiding and storing of money, etc.; also, money saved and kept hidden.

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1908 K. McGaffey Sorrows of Show Girl xiii. 152 I have met gentlemen who threw the lid of their grouch bag in the gutter and didn't care if they ever found it again.

1914 L. E. Jackson & C. R. Hellyer Vocab. Criminal Slang 39 Grouch bag, a place, as a pocket or receptacle, for concealing money or valuables; a reserve fund held in secret to the exclusion of fraternists.

1956 N. Algren Walk on Wild Side i. 17 Circus roustabouts..took their money out of grouch-bags, pouches drawn by string, like tobacco pouches.

1960 B. Keaton My Wonderful World of Slapstick i. 24 Like every other woman in vaudeville she carried the act's cash in a grouch bag. This was a chamois purse which hung under her dress from a string round her neck.

1969 Telegraph (Brisbane) 6 Dec. 2/2 Groucho..earned his nickname in poker games because he always carried his money in a ‘grouch bag’.

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释义	> as lemmas grouch-bag grouch-bag n. U.S. slang a hidden pocket or a (draw-string) purse carried in a concealed manner for the hiding and storing of money, etc.; also, money saved and kept hidden. ΚΠ 1908 K. McGaffey Sorrows of Show Girl xiii. 152 I have met gentlemen who threw the lid of their grouch bag in the gutter and didn't care if they ever found it again. 1914 L. E. Jackson & C. R. Hellyer Vocab. Criminal Slang 39 Grouch bag, a place, as a pocket or receptacle, for concealing money or valuables; a reserve fund held in secret to the exclusion of fraternists. 1956 N. Algren Walk on Wild Side i. 17 Circus roustabouts..took their money out of grouch-bags, pouches drawn by string, like tobacco pouches. 1960 B. Keaton My Wonderful World of Slapstick i. 24 Like every other woman in vaudeville she carried the act's cash in a grouch bag. This was a chamois purse which hung under her dress from a string round her neck. 1969 Telegraph (Brisbane) 6 Dec. 2/2 Groucho..earned his nickname in poker games because he always carried his money in a ‘grouch bag’. extracted from grouchn. < as lemmas
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