单词 | poll-groat |
释义 | † poll-groatn. Obsolete. rare. An extortionate tax. poll-groat bailiff: a collector of (excessive) taxes. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > retaining > niggardliness or meanness > [adjective] > extremely Jewish1606 poll-groat1745 Shylockya1818 Shylockian1884 1745 F. Blomefield Hist. Norwich xvi. 77 In 1381, the Commons [were] sorely repining..for the Poll Groats that were demanded of them. 1888 W. Morris Dream of J. Ball 15 The valiant tiler had smitten a poll-groat bailiff to death with his lath-rending axe. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online September 2018). < n.1745 |
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