单词 | lord and loon |
释义 | > as lemmaslord and loon 2. A man of low birth or condition; in phrase lord and loon. Now only archaic. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social class > the common people > low rank or condition > [noun] > person swaina1150 ladc1300 loon1535 blue coat1583 gaffer1589 snake1590 meaner1596 frock1612 groundling1630 frock-man1657 coolie1803 simple1824 yellow dog1862 Harry1874 smock-frock1898 1535 W. Stewart tr. H. Boethius Bk. Cron. Scotl. (1858) I. 45 Thus for ane loun than lichlyit is ane lord. 1548 W. Patten Exped. Scotl. I viii b The Lurdein was, in a maner, all one wyth the Lorde, and the Lounde wyth the Larde. 1609 W. Shakespeare Pericles xix. 26 Wee should haue both Lorde and Lowne, if the peeuish baggadge would but giue way to customers. View more context for this quotation a1650 Capt. Carr in Furnivall Percy Folio I. 81 ‘I will not geve over my hous,’ she saithe, ‘Neither for lord nor lowne.’ 1840 R. H. Barham ‘Monstre’ Balloon in Ingoldsby Legends 1st Ser. 297 The peer and the peasant, the lord and the loon. < as lemmas |
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