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单词 hard goer
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hard goer
hard goer n. (a) a horse or rider possessing considerable stamina, or capable of traversing rough terrain (cf. goer n. 1c) (now chiefly Australian); (b) colloquial a hard-living person; a person whose lifestyle is characterized by overindulgence or vigorous pleasure-seeking (now rare; chiefly Irish English in later use).
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1778 Morning Chron. 8 July [She] was a few days ago at the manage, mounted on a very hard goer.
1804 R. Cumberland Sailor's Daughter i. 14 Your master has been a hard goer, and is now pulling up at the end of his journey.
1818 ‘T. Brown’ Brighton II. i. 40 At Oxford, he was a hard goer, and shewed early that he was a fellow of spirit and resource.
1860 Bell's Life in London 29 Jan. 5/5 After a run all go home jolly well pleased, whether he be the hard goer or road rider.
1903 H. S. Krans Irish Life in Irish Fiction iv. 240 A group of rustic hard-goers sleeping off the effects of over-stimulation in a corner.
1943 Irish Times 11 Jan. 3/7 I don't mean the four bottles of stout and a half one for the road people. I mean the hard goers. The ones who would drink whiskey out of a horse-trough.
2004 Advertiser (Brisbane) (Nexis) 20 May 49 She [sc. a filly] is a hard goer, hasn't relaxed over these shorter distances and is likely to appreciate the longer Oaks journey.
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