| 单词 | by the piper! |
| 释义 | > as lemmasby the piper! P3. Irish English. by the piper! and variants: indicating surprise or amazement, or used for emphasis. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > malediction > oaths > [interjection] > religious oaths (referring to God) > other religious oaths Petera1375 by this (good) lightc1380 passionc1390 by (all) the powers!c1425 hattersa1500 (by) Gog's arms, blood, body?1520 by my halidom1533 by (the) salmon?1536 as I am a sinner1682 by the holy poker1770 by the piper!1790 so help me salmon1834 Jehoshaphat1857 1790 J. Williams Postscript to New Bath Guide x. 99 By the piper of Loughlin, I've been to a ball, I'd a ticket free—gratis—for nothing at all. 1819 V. Taylor Things as They Will Be I. iii. 6 Bread! now by the piper! that's hard; here my fine fellow is a quarter, that will buy bread and butter too. 1837 R. H. Barham Ingoldsby Legends (1840) 1st Ser. 74 Or, by the piper that played before Moses! 1884 ‘Cruck-a-Leaghan’ & ‘Slieve Gallion’ Lays & Legends N. Ireland 16 I hope they don't hear me, Or else, by the piper, they'll make me sing sad. 1899 Cent. Mag. Nov. 45 Be the piper that played afore Moses I'll call out me regiment of throopers. 1928 ‘Brent of Bin Bin’ Up Country i. 2 Be the poipers, we've had enough [rain] for this toime of year! < as lemmas |
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