| 单词 | hard-lying money |
| 释义 | > as lemmashard-lying money hard-lying money n. Nautical (now historical) = hard line money n. at hard line n. and adj. Compounds. [Apparently a folk-etymological alteration (after hard adj. and lying n.1) of hard line money n. at hard line n. and adj. Compounds.] ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > payment for labour or service > [noun] > sailor's pay > additional payments primage1476 prime gilt1576 pinch-gut money1660 hat money1676 conduct-money1702 hard line money1886 hard-lying money1890 hard lyers1916 1890 Hampshire Tel. & Sussex Chron. 13 Sept. 8/1 For some years an allowance called ‘hard-lying money’ has been paid to officers and men employed in torpedo-boats as some little recognition of the discomfort and danger..of service life. 1916 ‘Taffrail’ Pincher Martin iv. 56 Men serving in destroyers receive sixpence a day extra pay. It is known as ‘hard-lying money’. 2008 Mariner's Mirror 94 80 A rating could increase his income by service in a submarine, as aircrew or in a ship where hard-lying money was paid. < as lemmas |
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