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单词 scotch prize
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Scotch prize
Scotch prize n. Nautical Obsolete a prize (prize n.2 1) taken in error, found to be worthless, or liable to cause problems for its captors.
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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.
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