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单词 twicer
释义

twicern.

Brit. /ˈtwʌɪsə/, U.S. /ˈtwaɪsər/
Etymology: < twice adv.
colloquial or slang.
1.
a. One who does something twice; esp. one who attends church (in quot. 1678, one who conducts public worship) twice on a Sunday.
ΘΚΠ
society > faith > worship > observance, ritual > [noun] > person performing > twice on Sunday
twicer1678
society > faith > worship > [noun] > worshipper > attending twice on Sunday
twicer1902
1678 V. Alsop Melius Inquirendum ii. i. 142 What if a Thousand or two more of Ministers were silenced..? what if Lectures were proscribed? private Conferences interdicted? and your Twicers suspended?
1902 Onlooker's Note-bk. xxiii. 180 In his [Gladstone's] view every respectable person should be a ‘Twice-er’.
1904 Times, Lit. Supp. 4 Mar. 68/1 The prodigious proportion of absentees from church or chapel and the small number of ‘twicers’.
b. Printers' slang. (See quot. 1888.)
ΘΚΠ
society > communication > printing > printer > [noun] > worker at case and press
twicer1888
1888 C. T. Jacobi Printers' Vocab. 144 Twicer, a term of contempt for a man who professes to work both at case and press.
2. Something of twice the usual force or value.
ΚΠ
1857 A. Mayhew Paved with Gold iii. xiv He expressed his delight by exclaiming, ‘Here's a start! a reg'lar twicer!’
3. A crook, liar, cheat; a deceitful or cunning individual.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > [noun] > one who deceives
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1924 Truth (Sydney) 27 Apr. 6 Twicer, a deceitful fellow.
1925 E. Fraser & J. Gibbons Soldier & Sailor Words 292 Twicer, a cunning fellow.
1949 E. Wingfield-Stratford King Charles & King Pym iv. ix. 262 The recent dismissal..of that elderly twicer, Sir Harry Vane.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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