| 单词 | ring-dropping |
| 释义 | > as lemmasring-dropping ring-dropping n. now rare the method of swindling practised by a ring-dropper. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > defrauding or swindling > [noun] > confidence trick > types of drop-game1785 ring-dropping1788 drop1819 pigeon dropping1850 sawdust game1872 pay-off1915 short con1932 hot seat1933 pigeon drop1937 1788 Scots Mag. July 355/3 (table) Ring-dropping. 1789 T. Leach Cases Crown Law 231 To obtain property from another by the practice of ring-dropping is felony. 1825 R. Southey in Q. Rev. 31 388 A trick which is as stale as the ring-dropping of a London sharper. 1851 H. Mayhew London Labour I. 351/2 The ring-dropping ‘lurk’ is now carried on this way, for the old style is ‘coopered’. 1937 Amer. Speech 12 109 Synonymous with ring-dropping since the middle of the nineteenth century, it is very much alive today and is worked in all sorts of guises. < as lemmas |
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