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单词 to play thevarlet
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to play the..varlet
c. In the phrase to play the..varlet. Obsolete.
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society > morality > moral evil > wickedness > roguery, knavery, or rascalry > [verb (intransitive)]
truantc1400
to play the‥varlet1579
to play the jack1606
rogue1702
scaramouch1783
blackguard1786
1579 L. Tomson tr. J. Calvin Serm. Epist. S. Paule to Timothie & Titus 871/1 To play the verie varlets against all goodnesse:..we see the wicked are giuen to this.
1615–20 C. More Life Sir T. Moore (1828) 318 He fell to scoffing,..and played the very varlet with the king.
a1650 D. Calderwood Hist. Kirk Scotl. (1843) II. 172 So faine would the comptroller have played a good varlett, and satisfeid the queene, or elles have made up his owne profite.
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