| 单词 | to pay the cain |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto pay the cain c. figurative. to pay the cain: to ‘pay’ the penalty. ΚΠ a1774 R. Fergusson Poems (1785) 156 Tho' they shou'd dearly pay the kane, An' get their tails weel sautit. 1787 R. Burns Poems (new ed.) 149 To Death she's dearly pay'd the kane, Tam Samson's dead! 1794 in Ritson Sc. Songs II. 78 (Jam.) For Campbell rade, but Myrie staid, And sair he paid the kain, man. < as lemmas |
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