| 单词 |
brokery |
| 释义 |
† brokery Obs.
[f. broker + -y; see -ery.]
1. The business or action of a broker.
1583Stubbes Anat. Abus. ii. 38 Seeing that you are ignorant of this goodly mysterie, and high profession of brokerie. a1593Marlowe Jew of M. ii. ii, Cozening, forfeiting, and tricks belonging unto brokery. 1641W. Cartwright Ordinary v. iv, She..that is So expert grown in this flesh Brokery.
2. A broker's wares; second-hand clothes; anything second-hand or stale.
1597–8Bp. Hall Sat. i. iii. 24 Now soouping in side robes of Royaltie, That earst did skrub in lowsie brokerie. 1611L. Barrey Ram-Alley in Dodsley (1780) V. 493 Clad in old ends, and pieced with brokery. 1634Canne Necess. Separ. (1849) 262 Bringing therein nothing but his old brokery.
3. Rascally dealing or trafficking.
1597–8Bp. Hall Sat. (1753) 28 Busie their braines with deeper brokerie. 1602Life T. Cromwell ii. ii. 90 To live by falsehood or by brokery. a1654Ross Notor. Heretics (1675) 18 By this brokery did this crafty knave chalk out his way to that soveraign dignity. |
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