| 单词 |
messer |
| 释义 |
▪ I. messer1 ? Obs.|ˈmɛsə(r)|
[? f. mess v. + -er1.]
? A purveyor of meat for ships.
1644–5Will W. Cruse (Somerset Ho.), W. Cruse of co. Somerset, Messer. 1746in W. Thompson R. N. Advoc. (1757) 24 Though strongly opposed by Messers and Salters, they were obliged to..salt them [sc. the hogs].
▪ II. messer2 colloq.|ˈmɛsə(r)|
[f. mess v. + -er1.]
One who makes a mess; a muddler, bungler (see also quot. 1951).
1937E. Pound Let. July (1971) 296 The respectable and the middle generation, illustrious punks and messers, fakes like Shaw, stew like Wells, nickle cash-register Bennett. 1949F. Sargeson I Saw in my Dream xiii. 131 Though of course he's an old messer. 1951Partridge Dict. Slang (ed. 4) 1108/2 Messer,..a ‘near’ prostitute; an amateur not above taking money or a present... A man, or a woman, that does not keep to one lover. 1966‘J. Hackston’ Father clears Out 69 Where money and accounts were concerned she was the greatest messer living.
▪ III. messer
obs. form of macer1. |
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