单词 | shoulderclapping |
释义 | > as lemmasshoulder-clapping shoulder-clapper n. an officer charged with the arrest of an offender, a bailiff, sheriff's officer. shoulder-clapping adjs. ΘΚΠ society > law > law enforcement > law-enforcement or peace-officer > [noun] > one whose duty is arresting offenders provosta1382 alguazila1530 prévôt1577 shoulder-clappera1616 provo1692 trap1705 felon-setter1864 arrester1880 a1616 W. Shakespeare Comedy of Errors (1623) iv. ii. 37 He's in Tartar limbo..: A back friend, a shoulder-clapper [hath him] . View more context for this quotation shoulder-clapping shoulder-clapping n. ΘΚΠ society > law > law enforcement > law-enforcement or peace-officer > [adjective] > arresting offenders shoulder-clapping1621 felon-setting1890 1621 J. Taylor Praise of Beggery sig. B2 He's free from shoulder~clapping Sergeants clawes. < as lemmas |
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