| 单词 |
curry-favour |
| 释义 |
† ˈcurry-favour Obs. [See curry v.1 5 b.] 1. = prec.
1577Holinshed Chron. II. 144 A number of prodigal currie favours, who by flatterie set him aloft. 1586A. Day Eng. Secretary ii. (1625) 116 Men infected with this basenesse of condition, being..Curri-favours of the world. 1658Phillips, Curriedow, a curry-favour, or flatterer. 2. The action of currying favour with others.
1581Mulcaster Positions cxliii. (1887) 276 We..yeilde to curtesie more, then euen the verie patrones of curtesie do, for all their curifauour. So † ˈcurry-favourer = prec. 1.
1563Nowel Serm. bef. Queen (1853) 225 Their subjects, servants, curry-favourers, and others, will follow. |

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