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单词 smithfield bargain
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Smithfield bargain
Smithfield bargain n. Obsolete (a) a bargain in which the seller takes advantage of the buyer; (b) (in extended use) a marriage or marriage agreement made for convenience, esp. one made for money; cf. Smithfield match n.
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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.
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