单词 | smithfield bargain |
释义 | > as lemmasSmithfield bargain ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > bargaining > [noun] > a bargain or deal > type of bargain Smithfield bargain1664 society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > a marriage > [noun] > viewed as more or less advantageous > for money market-match1605 Smithfield bargain1664 Smithfield match1703 1664 J. Wilson Cheats v. v. 80 Is not this better, than a Smithfield bargain? 1687 J. Phillips tr. M. de Cervantes Don Quixote i. iv. xvi. 240 These Smithfield Bargains I ne're could approve; I like not my Father's Match-broaking for Me. 1710 Brit. Apollo 20–22 Sept. Sure Apollo will not encourage Smith-field Bargains. 1775 R. B. Sheridan Rivals v. i. 84 To find myself made a mere Smithfield bargain of at last! 1826 T. H. Lister Granby I. 228 To be bartered for a coronet!—to be made a Smithfield bargain of! 1849 Punch's Almanack 1850 A Smithfield bargain is necessarily a gambling transaction, since it always involves risking the chance of a toss-up. < as lemmas |
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