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单词 to scrape kindred
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to scrape kindred
b. to scrape (an) acquaintance: to get on terms of acquaintance with by careful effort and insinuation; rarely with up. So †to scrape kindred.‘A low phrase. To curry favour, or insinuate into one's familiarity’ (Johnson). Cf. to scratch acquaintance at scratch v. 6a.
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the mind > emotion > love > friendliness > be friendly [verb (intransitive)] > scrape acquaintance
to scratch acquaintance1582
to scrape kindred1600
1600 S. Rowlands Letting of Humors Blood Epigram xxxi. sig. C3 One newlie practiz'd in Astronomie..Would scrape (forsoth) acquaintance of the skie, And by his arte, goe knocke at heauen dore.
1602 T. Heywood How Man may chuse Good Wife F 1 b O this acquaintance was well scrapte of me.
1641 C. Burges Another Serm. House of Commons 58 Although God be gratiously indulgent, yet is he not inconsiderately prodigall of mercies to all that scrape acquaintance with him in their troubles.
a1657 W. Burton Comm. Antoninus his Itinerary (1658) 157 Affecting relation to Troy, and scraping kindred thence.
1741 S. Richardson Pamela IV. xxi. 136 Mrs. Harris scrap'd Acquaintance with Mrs. Thomas.
1825 M. M. Sherwood Young Forester (Houlston Tr.) I. 5 He contrived to scrape acquaintance with certain smugglers.
1844 A. Smith Adventures Mr. Ledbury III. xviii. 242 Two or three of the inmates..with whom Jack had already scraped up an acquaintance.
1880 L. Oliphant Land of Gilead i. 8 After establishing ourselves..we went out to look about us, and scrape acquaintance with the people.
1904 F. Whishaw Lovers at Fault v. 43 Her two dearest friends had contrived to scrape acquaintance without introduction.
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