单词 | mayfair boy |
释义 | > as lemmasMayfair boy Mayfair boy n. slang (now historical) a gentleman criminal. ΚΠ 1940 N. Marsh Surfeit of Lampreys (1941) ii. 31 The twins were saying..that..the only thing..was for them to turn crooks and be another lot of Mayfair boys. 1967 K. Giles Death in Diamonds i. 21 He's insolent, smooth and tough, very hip in his talk. Like the Mayfair boys in the thirties. 1970 C. Drummond Stab in Back iv. 88 They 'ad a saying when we were young about ‘Mayfair Boys’, meaning gentlemen crooks. < as lemmas |
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