单词 | palm-tickling |
释义 | > as lemmaspalm-tickling palm-tickling n. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > illegal payment or exaction > [adjective] > of nature of bribe > bribing bribing1570 suborning1588 petit-bribing1634 palm-tickling1809 1809 B. H. Malkin tr. A. R. Le Sage Adventures Gil Blas III. viii. vii. 292 Palm-tickling petitioners for the loaves and fishes. 1881 Jrnl. Amer. Geogr. Soc. N.Y. 13 127 The smuggling is so profitable to the merchants and so palm-tickling to the officials. 1992 Vancouver Sun (Nexis) 12 Sept. d15 The TISH poets' elitist, palm-tickling penchant for writing poems to and about each other. < as lemmas |
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