单词 | peer-ridden |
释义 | > as lemmaspeer-ridden peer-ridden adj. ΚΠ 1849 C. Brontë Shirley I. iii. 74 What chance was there of reason being heard in a land that was king-ridden, priest-ridden, peer-ridden—where a lunatic was the nominal monarch, an unprincipled debauchee the real ruler. 1910 Daily Chron. 13 Apr. 1/5 The prospective victims of Protection, have given..most generously to ‘The Daily Chronicle’ fund, which will help to keep their food untaxed and to save the country from peer-ridden government. < as lemmas |
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