| 单词 | to waddle out |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto waddle out ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > management of money > insolvency > [verb (intransitive)] > fail to meet obligations waddle1771 default1859 1771 D. Garrick in S. Foote Maid of Bath Prol. 31 Change-Alley bankrupts waddle out lame ducks! 1799 in Spirit of Public Jrnls. (1800) 3 72 A bear who pretends to sell what he is not possessed of, and is obliged frequently to waddle out at a great loss. 1814 Stock Exch. laid Open 20 A Jobber was never known to waddle (to be a lame duck). 1823 ‘J. Bee’ Slang s.v. Jobbers, usually brokers, who cannot make good their engagements for the delivery of stock, or run short in funds to pay for what they have bought,..become lame ducks and waddle out. 1834 F. Marryat Peter Simple III. xxvii. 372 He's been neither bull nor bear for this three years. He was obliged to waddle. < as lemmas |
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