| 单词 | kaffir bargain |
| 释义 | > as lemmasKaffir bargain Kaffir bargain n. derogatory a disadvantageous settlement or purchase misleadingly presented as a bargain; a swindle. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > cheating, fraud > [noun] > instance of braida1000 fraudc1374 mock1523 brogue1537 flim-flamc1538 imposture1548 lie1560 cozening1576 smoke-hole1580 gullery1598 gull1600 cog1602 coggery1602 fraudulency1630 imposition1632 cheat1649 fourbery1650 prestige1656 sham1677 crimp1684 bite1711 humbug1750 swindle1778 hookum-snivey1781 shim-sham1797 gag1805 intake1808 racket1819 wooden nutmeg1822 sell1838 caper1851 skin game1879 Kaffir bargain1899 swizzle1913 swizz1915 put-on1919 ready-up1924 rort1926 jack-up1945 1899Kaffir bargain [see sense B. 1c]. 1934 ‘N. Giles’ Ridge of White Waters ii. vii. 266 ‘Another kaffir bargain!’ said Sir Alfred wearily. 1937 C. R. Prance Tante Rebella's Saga 67 He and the doctor drove a grim ‘Kafir bargain’, like a Jew speculator trying to sell a barren heifer as ‘due to calve shortly’. 1983 Jrnl. Conflict Resol. 27 512 Milner struggled to avoid a compromise peace, a ‘Kaffir bargain’ as he termed it. < as lemmas |
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