英语词汇“to christen a yack”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

†b. transitive. Criminals' slang. To change any identifying marks or engravings on (a stolen watch), esp. in to christen a yack (see yack n.¹). Also intransitive. Obsolete.

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1753 Discov. J. Poulter (ed. 2) 20 He wanted me to change Watches with him, the Gold one for a Silver one, which he said was..sent him down as a Present by a Family Man [i.e. a thief], but that it was christen'd before it came, that is, the Name and Number taken out, and others put in.

1819 J. H. Vaux New Vocab. Flash Lang. in Memoirs II. 162 Obliterating the name and number on..a stolen watch; or the crest, cipher, etc., on articles of plate, and getting others engraved, so as to prevent their being identified, is termed having them bishop'd, or christen'd.

1859 J. F. Archbold Snowden's Magistrate's Assistant (ed. 4) App. 498 I have seen the swag Chovey Bloak, who christened the Yacks quick.

1868 J. Doran Saints & Sinners II. 290 The pietist thieves..‘christen’ daily as soon as they have stolen a watch. This thieves' christening consists in erasing the maker's name and supplying another.

1904 Sun (N.Y.) 10 July iii. 3/4 We must get a thimble fakir to christen and church the red jacks.

单词	to christen a yack
释义	> as lemmas to christen a yack †b. transitive. Criminals' slang. To change any identifying marks or engravings on (a stolen watch), esp. in to christen a yack (see yack n.¹). Also intransitive. Obsolete. ΚΠ 1753 Discov. J. Poulter (ed. 2) 20 He wanted me to change Watches with him, the Gold one for a Silver one, which he said was..sent him down as a Present by a Family Man [i.e. a thief], but that it was christen'd before it came, that is, the Name and Number taken out, and others put in. 1819 J. H. Vaux New Vocab. Flash Lang. in Memoirs II. 162 Obliterating the name and number on..a stolen watch; or the crest, cipher, etc., on articles of plate, and getting others engraved, so as to prevent their being identified, is termed having them bishop'd, or christen'd. 1859 J. F. Archbold Snowden's Magistrate's Assistant (ed. 4) App. 498 I have seen the swag Chovey Bloak, who christened the Yacks quick. 1868 J. Doran Saints & Sinners II. 290 The pietist thieves..‘christen’ daily as soon as they have stolen a watch. This thieves' christening consists in erasing the maker's name and supplying another. 1904 Sun (N.Y.) 10 July iii. 3/4 We must get a thimble fakir to christen and church the red jacks. extracted from christenv. < as lemmas
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