单词 | ten-pound householder |
释义 | > as lemmasten-pound householder ten-pound adj. of or involving the amount or value of ten pounds; also, weighing ten pounds; spec. ten-pound land (Scottish), land of the annual value of ten pounds; ten-pound householder, = ten-pounder n. 2b. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > monetary value > [adjective] > specific values twopenny1532 sixpenny1592 fourpenny1597 threepenny1627 ninepenny1632 ten-pound1673 two-bit1802 four-figure1842 million-dollar1854 two-cent1859 thousand-guinea1894 thruppence1895 five-figure1971 six-figure1971 1673 S'too him Bayes 5 You..would have lost your ten pound wager. 1845 B. Disraeli Sybil I. ii. vi. 153 It is a great thing in these ten-pound [franchise] days to win your first contest. 1855 J. R. Leifchild Cornwall: Mines & Miners 263 Send the author a ten-pound-note for his advice—good in either event! 1863 H. Cox Inst. Eng. Govt. i. viii. 106 A new uniform qualification [to vote]..frequently designated that of the ‘ten-pounds householders’. 1890 Cent. Dict. at Pound Ten-pound Act, a statute of the colony of New York (1769) giving to justices of the peace and other local magistrates jurisdiction of civil cases involving not more than the sum named. < as lemmas |
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