单词 | scotch prize |
释义 | > as lemmasScotch prize ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > stolen goods > [noun] > spoil or plunder > taken in war or raid > maritime > useless or hindering Scotch prize1776 1776 H. Fisher Let. 16 Apr. in Pennsylvania Arch. (1853) 4 732 The ship hove out a signal for them to come aboard again, which they did, or they would have caut a Scotch Prize and be Damn'd to them. 1823 J. F. Cooper Pilot II. xii. 191 ‘This has been a Scotch prize that we've taken,’ muttered a surly old seaman; ‘a ship without head-money or cargo!’ 1885 United Service Mag. Sept. 261 ‘A Scotch prize, and no mistake!’ exclaimed Sleath, as Ellinor, weak, tottering, and scarcely able to stand or articulate, appeared. < as lemmas |
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