英语词汇“to fight at the leg”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

> as lemmas

to fight at the leg

†b. to fight at the leg: to do something underhand or unsporting in order to gain an advantage. Cf. low blow n. at low adj. and n.² Compounds 3. Obsolete.

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1785 F. Grose Classical Dict. Vulgar Tongue at Leg To fight at the leg, to take unfair advantages, it being held unfair by back sword players to strike at the leg.

1845 ‘H. Hieover’ Stable Talk & Table Talk I. 17 [Blacklegging] has disgusted and driven so many men of family, rank, and wealth from the turf, from finding they must either be pigeoned, or, like the rest, ‘fight at the leg’ themselves.

extracted from legn.

as lemmas

单词	to fight at the leg
释义	> as lemmas to fight at the leg †b. to fight at the leg: to do something underhand or unsporting in order to gain an advantage. Cf. low blow n. at low adj. and n.² Compounds 3. Obsolete. ΚΠ 1785 F. Grose Classical Dict. Vulgar Tongue at Leg To fight at the leg, to take unfair advantages, it being held unfair by back sword players to strike at the leg. 1845 ‘H. Hieover’ Stable Talk & Table Talk I. 17 [Blacklegging] has disgusted and driven so many men of family, rank, and wealth from the turf, from finding they must either be pigeoned, or, like the rest, ‘fight at the leg’ themselves. extracted from legn. < as lemmas
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