| 单词 | to turn a trick |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto turn a trick b. A robbery, theft; chiefly in to turn a trick, to commit a successful robbery or theft. U.S. slang. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > robbery > [noun] > act or instance of robbinga1300 ravina1325 robberya1325 burgh-brechea1387 reif1533 hoist1714 jump1777 speak1811 trick1865 clean-up1928 heist1930 knock-off1969 hit1970 the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > steal [verb (intransitive)] > commit a theft pull1915 to turn a trick1926 1865 Leaves from Diary Celebrated Burglar 94/2 Directly he had done the trick he ‘namased’ with his booty. 1904 ‘No. 1500’ Life in Sing Sing 254/1 Trick, a theft. 1904 ‘No. 1500’ Life in Sing Sing 258/1 Turning a trick, accomplishing a theft. 1904 H. Hapgood Autobiogr. Thief (U.K. ed.) v. 104 I am hounded for the old trick; and the detectives are looking everywhere for these negotiable bonds. 1926 Flynn's 30 Jan. 843/1 Ewing was a thief, who..had settled in Chicago... He did not ply his trade here, but after ‘turning a trick’ outside of the city, would return to Chicago to plan the next excursion into the country. 1935 Jrnl. Abnormal Psychol. 30 365 Trick, go on a, to commit a robbery. 1956 H. Kurnitz Invasion of Privacy xi. 76 He's just a few months out of the jug and he hasn't turned a trick or made a score anywhere. 1979 D. MacKenzie Raven settles Score 70 Campbell's claim was that he hadn't turned a trick in a year but the money had to be coming in from somewhere. to turn a trick a. An instance of the sexual act or any of its variations; usually spec. a prostitute's session with a client. Esp. to turn a trick, to perform a sexual act with a casual partner, usually for money. slang (originally and chiefly U.S.).In quot. 1926 the context concerns repeated sexual acts. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sexual relations > sexual activity > [noun] > sexual intercourse > an act of swivec1560 fall1594 sleep1612 fuck1663 merry bout1780 stroke1785 screw?c1845 charver1846 fuckeea1866 sex act1888 frigc1890 grind1893 mount1896 poke1902 tumble1903 screwing1904 ride1905 roll1910 trick1926 lay1932 jump1934 bang1937 knock1937 shag1937 a roll in the hay1945 boff1956 naughty1959 root1961 shtup1964 home run1967 seeing to1970 legover1975 bonk1978 zatch1980 boink1989 society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > prostitution > [noun] > action or practice of being a prostitute > session with client trick1946 society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > prostitution > [verb (intransitive)] > practise prostitution > have sex with client to turn a trick1946 1926 C. Van Vechten Nigger Heaven 252 I said, Now, daddy, do you know any more tricks? 1946 M. Mezzrow & B. Wolfe Really Blues 30 ‘Turning a trick’ was how they described one session with a john. 1956 ‘B. Holiday’ & W. Dufty Lady sings Blues iii. 40 I had decided I was through turning tricks as a call girl. 1962 A. Lurie Love & Friendship xv. 300 Twenty-four dollars a time. That's pretty cheap for a girl like you... In New York, with the right connections, I bet you could get at least a hundred a trick. 1974 Telegraph (Brisbane) 16 July 14/2 She said in June: ‘I'm lucky if I turn five to 10 tricks a week now.’ 1975 J. F. Burke Death Trick ii. 20 It was a true lovers' tryst, not a trick. 1977 Time 28 Nov. 45/1 Some of the young prostitutes live at home and turn tricks merely for pocket money. < as lemmas |
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