| 单词 | a prime flat |
| 释义 | > as lemmasa prime flat 13. slang. A person who is easily taken in, and is said to be ‘only half sharp’; a duffer, simpleton. Cf. A. 8 a prime flat (see quot. 1819). ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > cheating, fraud > duping, making a fool of > [noun] > gullible person, dupe foola1382 woodcockc1430 geckc1530 cousinc1555 cokes1567 milch cow1582 gudgeon1584 coney1591 martin1591 gull1594 plover1599 rook1600 gull-finch1604 cheatee1615 goata1616 whirligig1624 chouse1649 coll1657 cully1664 bubble1668 lamb1668 Simple Simon?1673 mouth1680 dupe1681 cull1698 bub1699 game1699 muggins1705 colour1707 milk cow1727 flat1762 gulpin1802 slob1810 gaggee1819 sucker1838 hoaxee1840 softie1850 foozle1860 lemon1863 juggins1882 yob1886 patsy1889 yapc1894 fall guy1895 fruit1895 meemaw1895 easy mark1896 lobster1896 mark1896 wise guy1896 come-on1897 pushover1907 John1908 schnookle1908 Gretchen1913 jug1914 schnook1920 soft touch1924 prospect1931 steamer1932 punter1934 dill1941 Joe Soap1943 possum1945 Moreton Bay1953 easy touch1959 1762 O. Goldsmith Life R. Nash 137 If the Flat has no money, the Sailor cries, I have more money than any man in the fair. 1819 J. H. Vaux New Vocab. Flash Lang. in Memoirs II. 175 Flat..any person who is found an easy dupe to the designs of the family is said to be a prime flat. 1847 W. M. Thackeray Vanity Fair (1848) x. 82 You wouldn't be such a flat as to let three thousand a year go out of the family? < as lemmas |
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