英语词汇“bottle conjuror”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

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bottle conjuror

† bottle conjuror n. Obsolete a magician who claims to be able to put himself inside an empty bottle; (hence) a charlatan, a fraudster.Originally with reference to a hoax at the Haymarket Theatre on 16 January 1749 (see quot. 1749), when a man advertised that he would put himself, by means of a magic trick, inside a quart bottle. The performer failed to appear, provoking a riot in which the theatre was gutted.

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1749 in Catal. Prints: Polit. & Personal Satires (Brit. Mus.) (1877) III. i. 737 The Magician, Or Bottle Cungerer.

1755 Gentleman's Mag. Feb. 65/1 Bottle-conjurors, and persons who will jump down their own throats.

1866 Commonwealth (London) 15 Dec. 5/3 Under the shadow of the mansion where lives the great bottle conjuror—the Right Hon. B. Disraeli.

1875 Punch 6 Feb. 63/2 (heading) The bottle conjuror outdone.

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单词	bottle conjuror
释义	> as lemmas bottle conjuror † bottle conjuror n. Obsolete a magician who claims to be able to put himself inside an empty bottle; (hence) a charlatan, a fraudster.Originally with reference to a hoax at the Haymarket Theatre on 16 January 1749 (see quot. 1749), when a man advertised that he would put himself, by means of a magic trick, inside a quart bottle. The performer failed to appear, provoking a riot in which the theatre was gutted. ΚΠ 1749 in Catal. Prints: Polit. & Personal Satires (Brit. Mus.) (1877) III. i. 737 The Magician, Or Bottle Cungerer. 1755 Gentleman's Mag. Feb. 65/1 Bottle-conjurors, and persons who will jump down their own throats. 1866 Commonwealth (London) 15 Dec. 5/3 Under the shadow of the mansion where lives the great bottle conjuror—the Right Hon. B. Disraeli. 1875 Punch 6 Feb. 63/2 (heading) The bottle conjuror outdone. extracted from bottlen.³ < as lemmas
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