单词 | purse-leech |
释义 | > as lemmaspurse-leech ΘΚΠ 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. < as lemmas |
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