| 单词 | rope runner |
| 释义 | > as lemmasrope runner rope runner n. †(a) a person who has run from the rope (i.e. the gallows) (obsolete); (b) = rope rider n. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > roguery > rogue > [noun] > worthy of hanging > but has escaped scape-Tyburn1602 rope runnera1625 slip-halter1659 slip-gibbet1785 scape-gallows1799 society > morality > moral evil > wickedness > roguery, knavery, or rascalry > [noun] > rogue, knave, or rascal > worthy of hanging > escaped hanging rope runnera1625 slip-halter1659 slip-gibbet1785 scape-gallows1799 a1625 F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Coxcombe ii. iii, in Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Nn4v/1 Stand further friend, I doe not like your roperunners. 1885 All Year Round 26 Dec. 399/2 Summat went wrong with the little tipping-engine..because the engine-driver had been havin' too much beer, and his rope-runner weren't up to driving stiddy. 1891 Times 20 July 7/1 There were three men on each of the two locomotives—a driver, a fireman, and a rope-runner. 2008 Spenborough Today (Nexis) 13 June Half of his time was spent on the top, in the classroom, and the other half underground learning how to get coal. His early work was as a ‘rope runner’, tying tubs to a seemingly endless rope. < as lemmas |
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