英语词汇“shicer”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典-新都网

shicer

/ˈʃʌɪsə

noun Australian /NZ informal, dated

1A worthless thing or person, especially a swindler.

1.1 Mining An unproductive claim or mine.The unsuccessful diggers would declare their holes blanks, duffers, or shicers, and dedicate them to the Queen....

To keep friends with such a cast of mind, whose motto is Nelson's, you must do your duty; never mind if you sink a shicer, bottom your shaft any how.
I think the practical miner, who had been hard at work night and day, for the last four or six months, and, after all, had just bottomed a shicer, objected to the tax itself, because he could not possibly afford to pay it.

Origin

Mid 19th century: from German Scheisser 'contemptible person'.

单词	shicer
释义	shicer /ˈʃʌɪsə / noun Australian /NZ informal, dated 1A worthless thing or person, especially a swindler. 1.1 Mining An unproductive claim or mine.The unsuccessful diggers would declare their holes blanks, duffers, or shicers, and dedicate them to the Queen.... To keep friends with such a cast of mind, whose motto is Nelson's, you must do your duty; never mind if you sink a shicer, bottom your shaft any how. I think the practical miner, who had been hard at work night and day, for the last four or six months, and, after all, had just bottomed a shicer, objected to the tax itself, because he could not possibly afford to pay it. Origin Mid 19th century: from German Scheisser 'contemptible person'.
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