| 词汇 | fool killer |
| 词源 | fool killer. A character of folklore who kills fools. Wrote Stephen Vincent Benét in Tales Before Midnight (1939): “When- ever he heard of the death of somebody he didn’t like, he’d say, ‘Well, the Fool-Killer’s come for so-and-so,’ and sort of smack his lips.” |
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