| 单词 | to the velvet |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto the velvet f. Gain, profit, winnings; to the velvet, to the good. slang. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > management of money > income, revenue, or profit > [noun] renta1225 winningsc1380 profita1382 profity1432 revenue1433 fruitc1450 luck?a1475 improvement1478 apports1481 penny-rent1502 importance1505 filthy lucre1526 rentally1534 entrataa1538 a quick return1583 incoming1596 entratec1599 advenue1600 coming in1600 income1601 intrade1604 intrado1609 ingate1621 audit1625 increment1631 indraught1633 velvet1901 society > trade and finance > management of money > income, revenue, or profit > getting or making money > [phrase] > profiting or benefiting to the good to the velvet1901 1901 S. E. White Westerners xxiii. 228 They's a good many ton of ore in four hundred foot of shaft.’.. ‘Let that go for now... We can call that ‘velvet’.’ 1908 K. McGaffey Sorrows of Show Girl 240 Before the whistle blew for dinner I was several hundred to the velvet. 1912 F. Irwin Fine Points Auction Bridge 56 Do your doubling early in the rubber (so as to pile up ‘velvet’ for yourself). 1940 P. G. Wodehouse Eggs, Beans & Crumpets 138 It would be money for jam... Just so much velvet. 1942 Amer. Speech 17 93/2 I have been taking in plenty of velvet these days working the Fair. 1951 E. Paul Springtime in Paris (U.K. ed.) ii. 38 A good French mechanic..would have to work two and one half days to earn 2,430 francs, which on account of taxes..would not be all velvet. < as lemmas |
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