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单词 truffer
释义

truffern.

Forms: see truff v. and -er suffix1.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: truff v., -er suffix1.
Etymology: < truff v. + -er suffix1. Compare Old French trufer, truffeur, trufëeur, Middle French trufeur cheat, impostor, swindler (13th cent.), French truffeur mocker (1611 in Cotgrave).
Obsolete.
A deceiver; a cheat, an impostor. Also: a thief.
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the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > thief > petty thief or pilferer > [noun]
mitcher?c1225
nimmera1325
pilferer1350
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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
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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).
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