“gulpin”的英文意思

单词

gulpin

释义

gulpin|ˈgʌlpɪn|
[f. gulp v.; perh. in the comb. gulp in.]
One who will swallow anything; a credulous person, a simpleton; Naut., a marine.
1802McEvoy in Naval Chron. VII. 50 There might be a few gulpins who would fire.1867Smyth Sailor's Word-bk., Gulpin, an awkward soldier; a weak credulous fellow.1867N. & Q. Ser. iii. XII. 78/1 A marine was called a gulpin by the sailors; that is a person who would swallow anything told him.1886Besant The World went II. xxix. 308 Go, then, for a brace of gulpins!

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