| 单词 | to draw the badger |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto draw the badger P1. to draw the badger and variants: to engage in the sport of badger-drawing (now historical); figurative to entice an enemy or opponent to come into the open. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > snare, trap, entanglement > set a trap [verb (intransitive)] lurea1591 to lie at catch or upon the catch1611 to draw the badger1817 springe1895 to give the snap away1900 1817 Times 25 Oct. 5/1 W. Turner and Ludlam spoke of drawing the badger. W. Turner said they had some little vermin in their own parish, and they must kill it before they went farther... It was not stated while I was there who the badger was. 1823 ‘J. Bee’ Slang 70 ‘Draw the badger’ (Pit), is performed thus: an oblong badger-box being provided,..the dog is permitted to run in and seize the badger [etc.]. 1858 A. Trollope Three Clerks III. iii. 50 There is a sport prevalent among the downs in Hampshire... Men and boys..congregate together on a hill side, at the mouth of a narrow hole, and proceed, with the aid of a well-trained bull-dog, to draw a badger. 1870 Chambers's Jrnl. 2 July 420/1 Proceed to the sick man's room, with the avowed intention of ‘drawing the badger’. 1890 Daily Chron. 19 Sept. The Parnellite taunts regarding Balfour's indifference have at last drawn the badger. 1961 P. I. Wellman Dynasty of Western Outlaws (1986) iv. 111 The fugitives..lay low, and the fusillades failed to flush them out. Somebody had to ‘draw the badger’. 1973 D. Peck Jrnl. 11 Feb. in Jottings of Genius (1986) 211 I would hope to draw the badger from his set, but he is a wary animal and may prefer to ignore my very pertinent criticism. 2001 R. Kenna Glasgow Pub Compan. (ed. 2) 9 To their credit the authorities also banned cruel diversions such as cock-fighting and ‘drawing the badger’. < as lemmas |
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