| 单词 | turn-penny |
| 释义 | > as lemmasturn-penny turn-penny n. a person who is intent on profit (cf. turn v. 15b). ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > management of money > income, revenue, or profit > getting or making money > [noun] > profit-seeking > one who turn-penny1872 bottom liner1973 1824 Scott Redgauntlet II. xii. 300 That's always the way with old Turnpenny..he cares for nothing of the trade but the profit.] 1872 A. De Morgan Budget of Paradoxes 83 Some observant turn~penny might construct such a treatise as this from the third book. < as lemmas |
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