| 釋義 |
clippern. one who clips bits off coins剪削錢幣（以取利）的人。
△H.V.4.1.247(227):“but it is no Englishtreason to cut French crowns,and to-morrow theKing himself will be a clipper.”(to cut Frenchcrowns; ?clip French gold coins:
? kill Fren-chmen.) i.e. It is treason under English law for anEnglishman to clip off bits from English coins,butnot so for him to clip French coins or to cut offFrench heads. 但是英國(guó)人砍法國(guó)的“大頭”并不算是犯什么大罪，而且國(guó)王本人明天也要削“大頭”呢。 |