frogeater

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A French person. derogatory,offensive,slang
    — Of a great Institution like Smithfield, [the French] are unable to form the least conception. A Beast Market in the heart of Paris would be regarded an impossible nuisance. Nor have they any notion of slaughter-houses in the midst of a city. One of these benighted frog-eaters would scarcely understand your meaning, if you told him of the existence of such a British bulwark.

词形变化

frogeaters plural

词源

From frog + eater, after the French custom of eating frog legs. Attested since at least the 18th century.
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