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单词 purse-leech
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purse-leech
purse-leech n. Obsolete a person who extorts money from others.
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society > trade and finance > management of money > income, revenue, or profit > getting or making money > [noun] > one who wants or acquires money > specific desirously or avariciously
pick-penny1440
scraper1561
grubber1578
coin-cormorant1594
purse-leech1605
purse-emptier1611
pouch-penny1629
purse-sucker1671
gruba1681
money-grub1768
money-grubber1825
scratch-penny1835
get-rich-quicker1914
1605 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. i. iii. 110 Proud Purse-Leaches, Harpies of Westminster.
1648 Brit. Bell-man in Harl. Misc. VII. 625 So long as you harpyes, you sucking purse~leeches, and your implements be our masters.
1856 J. J. Jarves Ital. Sights & Papal Princ. 138 All these are purse-leeches, united in a common league to defraud and extort.
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