单词 | to nail up for a slip |
释义 | > as lemmasto nail up for a slip b. to nail up for a slip, with reference to the exposure of spurious coin (cf. nail v. 1d). Also transferred. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > money > circulation of money > put into circulation [verb (transitive)] > pass counterfeits to give (one) the slip1567 output1576 to nail up for a slip1594 spring1686 smash1801 shove1859 drop1938 1594 J. Lyly Mother Bombie ii. i. sig. C2 I shall goe for siluer though, when you shall be nailed vp for slips. 1602 J. Marston Antonios Reuenge i. iii. sig. B2 Your nose is a copper nose, and must be nail'd vp for a slip. a1634 W. Austin Devotionis Augustinianæ Flamma (1635) 108 But (here) they Naile him up, for a Slippe (a Brasen Counterfeit;) one, that did but say hee was a King. < as lemmas |
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