illywhacker

骗子（诈骗钱财等）

发音

UK /ˈɪliwakə/
AU

词形变化

illywhackers 复数 illywhackers

别名

illywacker

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A small-time confidence trickster or seller of trinkets.

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词源

Uncertain. Suggested by lexicographer Sidney Baker to derive from illy (variant of eeler, from pig Latin eeler-spee for spieler) + whacker. The verb form whack the illy is a back-formation from the noun.

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