单词 | brother in trade |
释义 | > as lemmasbrother in trade b. Chiefly literary. In various phrases with of or in, referring to a (male) comrade or associate in a specified sphere or occupation, as brother of the blade, brother of the gusset, brother of the long robe, brother of the quill, brother in trade, etc.See also brother of the angle at Phrases 3, brother in arms at Phrases 1. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > writer or author > [noun] > fellow-writer brother of the quill1680 1615 T. Overbury et al. New & Choise Characters with Wife (6th impr.) sig. K7 Hee is a Gentleman and a brother of the Sword. 1652 Hinds Elder Brother 6 He takes his leave of him, and resolves to live a brother of the Blade, buyes him a pretty highway Nag, a good Sword and Case of private Pistolls. 1680 Observ. ‘Curse Ye Meroz’ 7 This Aphorism is but borrowed from another Brother of the Quill. 1737 J. Ozell tr. F. Rabelais Wks. I. liv. 370 No huff-cap Squire, or Brother of the Blade. 1771 T. Smollett Humphry Clinker II. 15 His house is open to all unfortunate brothers of the quill. ?1793 J. Caulfield Blackguardiana Brother of the gusset, a pimp. 1877 W. Kirby Chien d'Or xxxviii. 399 The lawyers of old France..did not differ in any essential point from their brothers of the long robe in New-France. 1878 J. Morley Diderot II. 122 A chivalrous defender of poorer brethren in art. 1886 Longman's Mag. Mar. 552 Our brethren of the pen over-seas. 1902 Westm. Gaz. 29 Dec. 10/1 If he wishes to send a letter by post to his nearest brother-in-trade, seven miles distant, it has to cover 185 miles before it reaches him. 1979 Texas Monthly May 150/1 Among us brethren of the ruddy neck, savingness and salvage have never lost their currency. 2004 Africa News (Nexis) 3 Dec. It is possible for Tunj to pass away with just scant mention from his brethren of the pen. < as lemmas |
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