单词 | tint for tant |
释义 | † tint for tantn. Obsolete. Retaliation, retort in kind. ΘΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > reciprocal treatment or return of an action > another may act in similar way [phrase] > like for like to give lill for lollc1425 taunt for (pour) taunt1542 quid pro quo1560 tip for tap1573 veny for veny1612 tint for tant1620 1620 T. Granger Syntagma Logicum 124 Regestion is commonly termed like for like, pin driuing out a pin, tint for taunt, &c. 1677 E. Coles Dict. Eng.-Lat. at Tint To give one tint for tant, par pari referre. 1710 (title) Tint for Taunt. The Manager Managed..in Remarks..upon a Sermon..in..St. Paul Covent-Garden..by..R. L. Lloyd. 1828 W. Carr Dial. Craven (ed. 2) (at cited word) ‘Tint for tant’, a requital, similar to tit for tat. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < n.1620 |
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