| 单词 |
bragger |
| 释义 |
bragger|ˈbrægə(r)| Also 4–7 -ar. [f. brag v. + -er1.] 1. One who brags; a boaster or blusterer.
1362Langl. P. Pl. A. vii. 142 To Pers þe plouh Mon [one] profrede his gloue, A Brutiner, A Braggere. c1530H. Rhodes Bk. Nurture in Babees Bk. (1868) 103 Be..no busy bragger of the vertues with the which thou art indued. 1663Killigrew Parson's Wed. i. i. in Dodsley (1780) XI. 377 Nothing shall privilege your bragger's tongue to abuse me. 1830Galt Lawrie T. i. vi. (1849) 19 The figure of the bragger set all present into a roar of laughter. 2. Card-playing. In the game of brag, a nine or knave (see also bullet n.1 6). U.S.
1807[see bullet n.1 6]. 1938H. Asbury Sucker's Prog. 21 In American Brag there were eight ‘braggers’—the jacks and nines of each suit. |

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