英语词汇“to smack calf-skin”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

> as lemmas

to smack calf-skin

†b. to smack calf-skin (see quot. 1785). slang.

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the mind > language > statement > assertion or affirmation > [verb (intransitive)] > swear or take an oath > by kissing the Bible

to smack calf-skin1785

1785 F. Grose Classical Dict. Vulgar Tongue (at cited word) To smack calves skin, to kiss the book, i.e. to take an oath.

a1791 F. Grose Olio (1796) 231 But smacking calf-skin to an alibi, I..brought her off.

1818 W. Scott Heart of Mid-Lothian viii, in Tales of my Landlord 2nd Ser. II. 209 Why, I have smacked calf-skin fifty times in England for a keg of brandy.

extracted from smackv.²

as lemmas

单词	to smack calf-skin
释义	> as lemmas to smack calf-skin †b. to smack calf-skin (see quot. 1785). slang. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > statement > assertion or affirmation > [verb (intransitive)] > swear or take an oath > by kissing the Bible to smack calf-skin1785 1785 F. Grose Classical Dict. Vulgar Tongue (at cited word) To smack calves skin, to kiss the book, i.e. to take an oath. a1791 F. Grose Olio (1796) 231 But smacking calf-skin to an alibi, I..brought her off. 1818 W. Scott Heart of Mid-Lothian viii, in Tales of my Landlord 2nd Ser. II. 209 Why, I have smacked calf-skin fifty times in England for a keg of brandy. extracted from smackv.² < as lemmas
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