单词 | yanker |
释义 | yankern. ? Obsolete. 1. Scottish. = yank n.1 1; figurative a big or ‘thumping’ lie. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > [noun] > a falsehood, lie > blatant, extravagant a lie with a latchet1580 rapper1611 banger1657 thumper1660 whisker1668 swinger1671 thwacker1674 strapper1677 volunteer1680 hummer1699 swapperc1700 rouser?1770 plumper1776 whopper1791 bouncer1803 yanker1822 rattler1825 whacker1825 falsism1835 crumper1855 bang1879 out-and-outer1880 big lie1939 1822 J. Hogg Three Perils of Man I. xii. 330 ‘Ay, billy, that is a yanker!’ said Tam aside. ‘When ane is gaun to tell a lie, there's naething like telling a plumper at aince.’ 2. (See quot. 1833, but perhaps an error for janker n.) Π 1833 Act 3 & 4 William IV c. 46 §89 If..any person..shall drive any four-wheeled cart, commonly called a wood yanker without a person in charge of each pair of wheels. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online March 2019). < n.1822 |
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