| 单词 | the ruffin cly you |
| 释义 | > as lemmasthe ruffin cly you 2. cant. In specific sense (frequently with capital initial): the Devil, Satan. Chiefly in the ruffin cly you: ‘the devil take you’. archaic in later use. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > deity > a devil > the Devil or Satan > [noun] devileOE Beelzebubc950 the foul ghosteOE SatanOE warlockOE SatanasOE worsea1200 unwinea1225 wondc1250 quedea1275 pucka1300 serpenta1300 dragon1340 shrew1362 Apollyon1382 the god of this worldc1384 Mahoundc1400 leviathan1412 worsta1425 old enemyc1449 Ruffin1567 dismal1570 Plotcocka1578 the Wicked One1582 goodman1603 Mahu1603 foul thief1609 somebody1609 legiona1616 Lord of Flies1622 walliman1629 shaitan1638 Old Nicka1643 Nick1647 unsel?1675 old gentleman1681 old boy1692 the gentleman in black1693 deuce1694 Black Spy1699 the vicious one1713 worricow1719 Old Roger1725 Lord of the Flies1727 Simmie1728 Old Scratch1734 Old Harry1777 Old Poker1784 Auld Hornie1786 old (auld), ill thief1789 old one1790 little-good1821 Tom Walker1833 bogy1840 diabolarch1845 Old Ned1859 iniquity1899 α. β. 1567 T. Harman Caueat for Commen Cursetors (new ed.) Peddelars Frenche sig. Giiiv To the ruffian, to the deuyll the ruffian cly thee, the deuell take thee.1593 G. Harvey Pierces Supererogation 174 A rarer beast in England, then a Woolfe; and a straunger monster in Print, then the diuine Ruffian, that intituled himselfe, Flagellum Principum.1608 T. Dekker Lanthorne & Candle-light sig. C3v The ruffian cly the ghost of the Harmanbeck.1788 F. Grose Classical Dict. Vulgar Tongue (ed. 2) at word Ruffian [1785 (ed. 1) Ruffin], the devil... Ruffian cook ruffian, who scalded the Devil in his feathers; a saying of a bad cook.1870 All Year Round 5 Mar. 321/2 Almost enough to make us take a rattler..and drive to a country where the ruffian (his Satanic majesty) is not so present.1884 G. A. Townsend Entailed Hat xii. 120 The hardy stranger had recovered himself and..drawn a dirk-knife. ‘The ruffian cly you!’ he bellowed.1608 T. Dekker Lanthorne & Candle-light sig. C2 The Ruffin cly the nab of the Harman beck. a1640 J. Fletcher et al. Beggers Bush iii. iv, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Ll4/1 And let the Quire Cuffin: And Herman Beck strine, and trine to the Ruffin. 1652 R. Brome Joviall Crew ii. sig. F3v I sweare by the Ruffin, That we are assaulted by a quire Cuffin. 1673 R. Head Canting Acad. 20 Wapping thou I know dost love, Else the Ruffin cly thee Mort. 1785 F. Grose Classical Dict. Vulgar Tongue Ruffin, the devil; may the ruffin nab the cuffin queer..may the devil take the justice. 1922 J. Joyce Ulysses ii. xiv. [Oxen of the Sun] 405 The ruffin cly the nab of Stephen Hand as give me the lady coppaleen. < as lemmas |
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