单词 | horse-trader |
释义 | horse-tradern. 1. Originally North American. a. A person who buys and sells horses, esp. commercially; a person involved in the horse trade. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > trader > traders or dealers in specific articles > [noun] > in horses romonger1222 horse-mongera1400 cosser14.. corser?c1430 horse-corser1552 jockey1640 horse-coper1681 horse-jockey1744 horse-dealer1761 macquignon1798 horse-trader1811 coper1825 horse-cadger1886 1811 Raleigh (N. Carolina) Reg. 20 Dec. Clements said he lived in Isle of Wight County, Virginia, and Davis [lived] in the Western Country and had been both horse traders. 1850 L. H. Garrard Wah-to-Yah vii. 109 The unfair horsetrader might have taken my scalp. 1912 I. S. Cobb Back Home 3 The swapping ring below the wagonyard was..clamorous with the chaffer of the horse-traders. 2021 i (Nexis) 9 Aug. 20 He got his love of horses from those pulling his grandfather's milk float in Huddersfield, before leaving school at 16 to become a horse trader. b. A person who is an effective and shrewd negotiator. Cf. horse-trading n. 2.Chiefly in political contexts, and often with the implication of unfair or underhand practices or behaviour. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > agreement > [noun] > terms of agreement > one who negotiates treater1489 entreater1523 conditioner1598 haggler1602 negotiant1602 negotiator1609 negotiatrix1624 horse-trader1901 1901 Ann. Publ. Hist. Soc. S. Calif. 5 129 One of the first to come here, I think, was Parson Adam Bland, who had the reputation of being a smart preacher and a shrewd horse-trader. 1929 New Yorker 6 Apr. 38/1 It could now be guessed that he was no fool about books. Everywhere there was a disposition to compliment him on his shrewdness as a horsetrader. 1933 N.Y. Times 12 Dec. 1/3 By his share in the Washington negotiations,..he showed that shrewd ‘horse-trader’ the Foreign Commissar that he could not be bluffed or budged on questions of principle. 1980 Globe & Mail (Canada) (Nexis) 5 Jan. This potbellied, crewcut ex-Marine has developed a league-wide reputation as a slick country horse trader, having arranged the deals in the last two seasons. 2009 Salon.com (Nexis) 1 Oct. Clinton was the consummate horse-trader. 2. slang. A heroin dealer. Cf. horse n. 15. rare. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > trader > traders or dealers in specific articles > [noun] > in narcotics score1951 horse-trader1963 street people1969 1963 T. Tullett Inside Interpol iv. 44 There is another process..that of turning the morphine into heroin, and the price then soars to £600 a pound. Even this gigantic profit is not enough for the ‘horse-traders’, as these criminals are known. 1972 H. C. Rae Shooting Gallery ii. 67 And how many horse-traders are there in this part of the world? This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2022). < n.1811 |
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