| 单词 | staller up |
| 释义 | > as lemmasstaller (up) 1. staller (up): one who ‘stalls up’ or acts as confederate to a pickpocket (see stall v.2 1). ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > thief > pickpocket or cutpurse > [noun] > pickpocket > assistant or accomplice stall1591 Adam Tiler1665 bulk1673 bulker1673 staller (up)1819 stickman1862 1819 J. H. Vaux New Vocab. Flash Lang. in Memoirs II. at Stall The stallers up are gratified with such part of the gains acquired as the liberality of the knuckling gentlemen may prompt them to bestow. 1977 New Society 7 July 6/2 At first he was a staller. ‘You get a woman trying to get on a train, someone goes in front of her, stalls her for ten to 15 seconds, and she's forgot about her bag.’ < as lemmas |
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