英语词汇“rob-thief”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

rob-thief n.

Brit.

/ˈrɒbθiːf/

U.S.

/ˈrɑbˌθif/

now rare the action of stealing from a thief (chiefly in to play (at) rob-thief); (also) a person who steals from a thief.

ΚΠ

1600 Looke about You sig. I4 Could I meet him, Ide play rob theefe, at least part stakes with him.

1617 W. Est tr. B. Pirckheimer Praise of Gout 14 Now hee is become a plaine Rob-thiefe, and stealeth from himselfe.

1724 ‘C. Johnson’ Gen. Hist. Pyrates x.169 Kennedy, who had so little Honour as to play at Rob Thief with the Company.

1786 Poet. Epist. from Ghost Dr. Johnson 9 The whole of this curious passage, we are sorry to observe, seems little less than what is vulgarly called rob thief.

1899 A. E. W. Mason Watchers xviii. 266 He played rob-thief—a good game, but it requires a skilled player.

单词	rob-thief
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