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mosstrooper

/maws-troo-per, mos-/US // ˈmɔsˌtru pər, ˈmɒs- //UK // (ˈmɒsˌtruːpə) //

蚊帐,蚊香,蚊子,蚊子的眼睛

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a marauder who operated in the mosses, or bogs, of the border between England and Scotland in the 17th century.
    • : any marauder.

Examples

  • Yes; and the mosstrooper now lies in the Donjon with iron on wrist and ankle.

  • "If I had known you were such a mosstrooper you should have tasted longer of the Bass," says he.

  • “Ay; I had almost forgotten,” returned Sir James, as he went in search of the mosstrooper.

  • “If I had known you were such a mosstrooper you should have tasted longer of the Bass,” says he.