单词 | king's bargain |
释义 | > as lemmasking's bargain ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > type of soldier generally > [noun] > malingerer or shirker malingerer1785 skulker1785 king's bargain1867 carpet soldier1869 chocolate-cream soldier1894 chocolate soldier1895 snow-bird1905 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. a1891 H. Melville Billy Budd (1962) xviii. 95 Captain Vere..deemed Billy Budd to be what in the naval parlance of the time was called a ‘King's bargain’: that is to say, for His Britannic Majesty's navy a capital investment at small outlay or none at all. < as lemmas |
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