| 单词 | wool-pulling |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswool-pulling wool-pulling n. (a) the removal of wool from a sheepskin; (b) the act of pulling the wool over a person's eyes; deception. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > [noun] > action or practice of deceiving swikingc1000 blindfolding?c1225 deceivancec1330 trechettingc1330 jugglingc1380 beguilingc1400 deceivingc1400 fagec1400 delusionc1420 sophisticationc1450 circumvention1534 illudinga1547 cheateryc1555 cheatingc1555 crossing1592 tricking1595 wiling?a1600 circumventing1603 practice1622 cheat1641 deluding1645 underdealing1649 amusement1658 conveyancing1676 bubbling1700 jockeyshipa1763 overreachinga1774 jockeying1779 beguilement1805 gaggery1819 trickstering1821 Jewing1842 wool-pulling1843 rigging1846 hoodwinking1858 old soldierism1866 old soldiering1867 fiddling1884 gold-bricking1901 wangling1911 finagling1926 hyping1968 the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > sheep-farming > sheep-shearing > [noun] > pulling wool from sheepskin wool-pulling1843 1843 J. S. Robb Streaks Squatter Life 16 In short, I'm up to the whole ‘wool pulling’ system. 1885 Harper's Mag. Jan. 278/2 A high duty on wool makes it cheaper to have the ‘wool-pulling’ done in England, and let the skins come to us as our raw material. 1971 D. Bagley Freedom Trap iii. 59 I was given permission to start correspondence courses... It was all a bit of wool-pulling to make them think Rearden was reconciled to his fate. < as lemmas |
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