hoister

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. One who, or that which, hoists or lifts.
    — […] putting one foot into it, so as the better to secure his slippery hand-hold on the whip itself, the hoisters ran him high up to the top of the head, almost before Tashtego could have reached its interior bottom.
  2. A thief. UK,slang
    — In order better to appreciate the use of argot among thieves, a visit to a few public bars of the third-class public houses of Kennington or in the immediate vicinity of the Elephant and Castle would prove of great value, as hoisters, whizzers, tea-leaves, con-heads, broadsmen and brass nobs […]

词形变化

hoisters plural

词源

From hoist + -er.
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