英语词汇“mission stiff”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

mission stiff n. U.S. slang (now rare) (a) a missionary; (b) a person who frequents missions, esp. a tramp who pretends to be religious so as to obtain free food and lodging.

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1904 ‘No. 1500’ Life in Sing Sing 256/2 Mission stiff, missionary; a convert.

1910 New Eng. Mag. July 588 A convict who works the churches and is insincere in his profession of religion is called a ‘mission stiff’.

1948 H. L. Mencken Amer. Lang. Suppl. II. 676 At the bottom of the pile are the poor wretches..who..gravitate dismally toward the big cities, to become beggars and mission-stiffs.

1970 J. P. Spradley You owe yourself a Drunk 42 Joe over there is a mission stiff.

1982 D. A. Harper Good Company 17 The mission stiff, no longer able to make it on the outside, is least respected.

单词	mission stiff
释义	> as lemmas mission stiff mission stiff n. U.S. slang (now rare) (a) a missionary; (b) a person who frequents missions, esp. a tramp who pretends to be religious so as to obtain free food and lodging. ΚΠ 1904 ‘No. 1500’ Life in Sing Sing 256/2 Mission stiff, missionary; a convert. 1910 New Eng. Mag. July 588 A convict who works the churches and is insincere in his profession of religion is called a ‘mission stiff’. 1948 H. L. Mencken Amer. Lang. Suppl. II. 676 At the bottom of the pile are the poor wretches..who..gravitate dismally toward the big cities, to become beggars and mission-stiffs. 1970 J. P. Spradley You owe yourself a Drunk 42 Joe over there is a mission stiff. 1982 D. A. Harper Good Company 17 The mission stiff, no longer able to make it on the outside, is least respected. extracted from missionn. < as lemmas
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