long firm

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A company of swindlers who obtain goods on pretence of being established in business, and then decamp without payment to do the same elsewhere.

词形变化

long firms plural

词源

* Perhaps from the idea that such a firm (company) would claim to have been established for a long time.
* Perhaps from Old English gelang (“fraudulent”) and Italian firma (“signature”).
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