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单词 mock-guest
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mock-guestn.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: mock v., guest n.
Etymology: < mock v. + guest n. Perhaps compare slightly earlier mock-beggar n.
Obsolete. rare.
A person who offers hospitality only to withhold it; a disappointing host.
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1642 T. Fuller Holy State i. i. 3 Some women which hang out signes..will not lodge strangers; yet these mock-guests are guilty in tempting others to tempt them.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2002; most recently modified version published online September 2018).
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