单词 | macquignon |
释义 | † macquignonn. Obsolete. A horse-dealer. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > trader > traders or dealers in specific articles > [noun] > in horses romonger1222 horse-mongera1400 cosser14.. corser?c1430 horse-corser1552 jockey1640 horse-coper1681 horse-jockey1744 horse-dealer1761 macquignon1798 horse-trader1811 coper1825 horse-cadger1886 1798 C. Smith Young Philosopher III. 126 ‘Lord who?’ said the macquignon in a surly tone. [Note] A sort of jobber in horses who still calls himself a gentleman. 1834 G. P. R. James John Marston Hall x I remember his turning off his chief ecuyer for merely whispering in the street with a maquignon, who was bringing him a horse for sale. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2000; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < |
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