单词 | sellary |
释义 | † sellaryn.1 Obsolete. A male prostitute. ΘΚΠ society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > prostitution > [noun] > male prostitute sellary1598 spintry1598 varlet1609 whore1609 prostitute1761 renter1893 trade1919 pimp1942 call boy1943 rent1967 rent boy1969 tart1976 1598 R. Grenewey tr. Tacitus Annales vi. i. 121 Then first of all were those vnknowen words of Sellaries and Spintries found out of the filthines of the place. 1605 B. Jonson Sejanus iv. i. 399 Others..Are rauish'd hence..and..dealt away Vnto his Spintries, Sellaries, and Slaues. View more context for this quotation This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online June 2021). † sellaryn.2 Obsolete. rare. ΚΠ 1650 J. Howell tr. A. Giraffi Exact Hist. Late Revol. Naples i. 65 It was discover'd..that the waters..were poison'd..specially in those Cisterns which receive the raine water, as in the Sellaries, the publick Markets [etc.]. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < n.11598n.21650 |
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