单词 | waddler |
释义 | waddlern. a. A person or animal that waddles. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > by locomotion > [noun] > that walks > that waddles waddler1828 the world > movement > progressive motion > walking > [noun] > manner of walking > with short swaying steps > one who waddler1828 1828 Lights & Shades Eng. Life II. 121 A basket containing half a dozen defunct waddlers [ducks]. 1830 J. Wilson in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 28 849 A flock of those noisy waddlers [geese]. 1859 Sporting Mag. July 3 Many thought Musjid [a race~horse] a ‘waddler’ with his hind legs. 1893 Earl of Dunmore Pamirs I. 143 These waddlers had waddled sufficiently. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > management of money > insolvency > [noun] > failure to meet obligations > one who deficient1697 lame duck1761 defaulter1808 man of straw1823 waddler1831 shicer1896 skip1915 shyster1938 1831 Westm. Rev. 15 208 Were he of the Stock Exchange he would rail against waddlers and men of straw. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1828 |
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