| 单词 |
crack- |
| 释义 |
crack- in combination occurs in two groups of compounds: 1. Combs. in which crack- is the vb. stem governing an object: crack-halter, -hemp, -jaw, -nut, -rope, -tryst; so † crack fart, deriv. -er (see quots.). 2. Combs. in which crack- app. stands for cracked- (which is occasionally found in early examples): as crack-brained, -groat, -headed, -skull, -winded.
1569in Hickeringill Priest-cr. iv. (1721) 212 Excommunications..are but what our Famous Queen Elizabeth, when Excommunicated by Pope Sergius, called them, the Popes Crackfarts. 1682N. O. Boileau's Lutrin ii. 15 Her Head-Quarters Where e're she [Fame, Rumour] roam'd by day, was the Crack-farters! |

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