| 单词 | stumer cheque |
| 释义 | > as lemmasstumer cheque a. A forged or dishonoured cheque; a counterfeit bank-note or coin; a sham. Also attributive, as stumer cheque. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > paper money > cheques and drafts > [noun] > cheque > forged or dishonoured paper1850 stumer1890 rubber cheque1922 kite1927 rubber kite1961 1890 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. June 793 ‘Stumer’ is slang for a worth~less cheque. a1897 Sporting Times in Barrère & Leland Slang Dict. (at cited word) My collection of writs, pawn tickets, un~receipted bills, stumers [etc.]. 1897 H. Caine Christian iv. iv. 376 A ‘thick'un’? Oh, that was a sovereign,..twenty-five pounds a ‘pony’, five hundred a ‘monkey’, flash notes were ‘stumers’. 1911 A. G. C. Through College Keyhole 13 For Maeterlinck's bird was a stumor, I've heard. 1912 L. Williams in Daily News 19 Dec. 7/4 I did pass a bad florin, guv'nor, but I did it innocent. I didn't know it was a stumer. 1926 F. M. Ford Man could stand Up ii. iii. 140 Two [were] awaiting court-martial for giving stumer cheques. 1944 P. Cheyney They never say When i. 18 Tell him to get in touch with Effie and get that stumer cheque from her and issue a writ against Swayle. 1962 Listener 11 Jan. 98/1 People who cash stumer cheques. 1972 L. Lamb Pict. Frame xvii. 149 Nice old Mr. Murgatroyd got your picture back from the man who gave you a stumer cheque. < as lemmas |
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