| 单词 | tax-eater |
| 释义 | > as lemmastax-eater tax-eater n. one who is supported from the public revenue. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > poverty > [noun] > poor person > poor person in receipt of relief almsmanOE beadsman?1529 almswoman1584 relievant1589 almsbasket mana1634 basket-scrambler1647 pensioner1690 pensionary1753 in-pensioner1761 pauper1775 tax-eater1818 colleger1886 soup-kitchener1907 reliefer1934 society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > leader or commander > officer or soldier of rank > [noun] officera1450 lancepesade1579 military1709 tax-eater1818 two-striper1917 chiefy1942 pongo1943 scrambled egg(s)1943 Percy1961 1818 Cobbett's Weekly Polit. Reg. 33 350 If you were to see one of my sons now becoming a tax-eater, as a commissioned officer in the army. 1965 Mrs. L. B. Johnson White House Diary 12 Aug. (1970) 310 We hope for fewer dropouts thirteen years from now, for children able to grow up with a prospect of being responsible citizens, taxpayers, not tax-eaters. < as lemmas |
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