| 单词 | irishman's rise |
| 释义 | > as lemmasIrishman's rise Irishman's rise n. colloquial a reduction in wages; also in extended use; cf. Irish rise n. at Irish adj. and n. Compounds 3. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > payment for labour or service > wage structures and scales > [noun] > wage-cut Irishman's rise1869 cut-down1888 wage cut1925 1869 Educ. Reporter 15 Aug. 13/2 To talk of improving the position of town schoolmasters by giving them a uniform salary of £80 reminds one strongly of the ‘Irishman's rise.’ 1886 Coffee Public-house News May 90/2 The last place with only one assistant besides myself, and then I had the Irishman's rise from thirty shillings to twenty shillings. 1915 Truth 25 Aug. 295/2 The utmost the surveyor might expect from most corporations would be an Irishman's rise. 1926 Times 31 May 6/2 Next came Mr. Collins, who had given himself an Irishman's rise in the batting list, perhaps to change his luck. 2004 N.Z. Herald (Nexis) 25 Sept. (Money section) Under-16s then were not required to pay tax as they do today. I received an ‘Irishman's rise’ on turning 16. < as lemmas |
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