| 单词 | old suresby |
| 释义 | > as lemmasold Suresby A reliable or dependable person, animal, or thing. Frequently as a name, esp. in old Suresby. ΘΚΠ society > morality > duty or obligation > recognition of duty > faithfulness or trustworthiness > [noun] > person or thing suresbya1556 old faithful1648 reliablec1863 a1556 N. Udall Ralph Roister Doister (?1566) iv. i. sig. F.ij Is there any man but I Sym Suresby alone, That would haue taken such an enterprise him vpon. 1588 ‘M. Marprelate’ Oh read ouer D. Iohn Bridges: Epist. 4 I am olde suersbie at the proofe of such matters. 1598 R. Bernard tr. Terence Andria iv. v, in Terence in Eng. 86 You are the same man that you were: old suresbie [1607 surebie]: no flinsher. 1603 S. Harsnett Declar. Popish Impostures xii. 63 This was the traynd sent, he knew his dogges were old suers-by at this. 1650 J. Trapp Clavis to Bible (Gen. xxix. 13) 233 Look rather unto the Lord,..he is the onely Suresby, as they say; and will never fail us. 1653 J. Ford Queen v. sig. F3/1 Nay when I am dead I, will appear again, clap thee on the shoulder and cry, God a' mercy old Suresby. < as lemmas |
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