单词 | maquereau |
释义 | maquereaun. A pimp; = mackerel n.2 ΘΚΠ society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > prostitution > [noun] > pimping or procuring > procurer of either sex bawd1362 bawdstrot1362 ribibec1405 mackerela1475 pandarous1562 procurer1601 macrioa1632 maquereau1898 sexploiter1942 nookie-bookie1943 1898 A. M. Binstead Pink 'Un & Pelican xi. 256 His head was pounded like a Hamburg steak, and sixty-five dollars rolled into the basket, principally contributed by the females who had been accustomed to support the maquereau during his life. 1919 C. Mackenzie Sylvia & Michael i. 21 The officer..called him a maquereau. 1920 E. Pound Hugh Selwyn Mauberley 14 Bewildered that a world Shows no surprise At her last maquero's Adulteries. 1939 E. Ambler Mask of Dimitrios xi. 214 The clientèle began to change... We had..more maquereaux and fewer gentlemen, more poules and fewer chic ladies. 1971 D. Wallis Bad Luck Girl i. iii. 30 No girl..goes on ship these days. They..lead you to some place where her maquer[e]au can slug you. 1990 M. Harris Hemingway's Suitcase xxviii. 203 You chase poules and maquereaux. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1898 |
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