单词 | truffer |
释义 | † truffern. Obsolete. A deceiver; a cheat, an impostor. Also: a thief. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > thief > petty thief or pilferer > [noun] mitcher?c1225 nimmera1325 pilferer1350 truffer1485 lurcher1528 picker1549 filcher1557 purloiner1557 prig1567 prigger1567 prigman1567 fingerer1575 piker1590 prag1592 nibbler1598 lurch-man1603 petty larcener1640 budge1673 catch-cloaka1679 prigster1682 sutler1699 marauder1764 snib1823 chicken thief1840 lurker1841 souvenir hunter1862 robberling1865 jackdaw1887 miker1890 frisker1892 bower-bird1926 jagoff1931 magpie1944 slockster- 1485–6 W. Caxton tr. Laurent Ryal Bk. liv. sig. fvi The lyes..of trufars [Fr. des trufleurs] whyche that sayen these..derysyons for to solace the folke and to make them laughe. 1553 G. Douglas in tr. Virgil Eneados viii. Prol. l. 170 Than wox I tene, that I tuke to sic ane truffuris tent. 1728 A. Ramsay Fables xvii. 8 The hand of this young foolish truffer. a1758 A. Ramsay Poems (1961) III. 297 Bowies, lugies, spoons, and dishes, And things wherin fouk s—s and p—s Are a' laid hands on by the truffer. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2015; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < n.1485 |
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