| 单词 | king's bad bargain |
| 释义 | > as lemmasking's bad bargain king's bad bargain n. an incompetent or lazy soldier or sailor, a shirker (now only in historical contexts); cf. king's bargain n., King's hard bargain at hard bargain n. 3. ΚΠ 1785 F. Grose Classical Dict. Vulgar Tongue (at cited word) One of the king's bad bargains, a malingeror, or soldier who shirks his duty. 1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. King's bargain, Good or Bad; said of a seaman according to his activity and merit, or sloth and demerit. 2002 D. Lambdin Sea of Grey xxxiii. 365 He suspected that Gamble might be a King's Bad Bargain, and nothing better than a Landsman, after all. < as lemmas |
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