英语词汇acknowledge the corn的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	acknowledge the corn
词源	acknowledge the corn. Much used in the 19th century as a synonym for our “copping a plea,” this phrase is said to have arisen when a man was arrested and charged with stealing four horses and the corn (grain) to feed them. “I acknowledge [ad- mit to] the corn,” he declared.
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