单词 | rock-scorpion |
释义 | > as lemmasRock-scorpion 7. Military slang. A nickname for a civil inhabitant of Gibraltar. Also Rock-scorpion. ΘΚΠ the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Europe > the Spaniards > [noun] > native or inhabitant of Spain > Gibraltar rock scorpion1817 rock lizard1843 scorpion1845 Gibraltarine1883 Rock-scorp1912 1845 R. Ford Hand-bk. Travellers in Spain I. iii. 342 The houses..are fit only for..‘scorpions’, as those born on the Rock are called. 1889 H. M. Field Gibraltar 34 A choice variety of natives of Gibraltar, called ‘Rock scorpions’. < as lemmas |
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