英语词汇murphy的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

murphy. A murphy is a confidence game, originating in America, in which the victim is let in on “a good thing” and asked to put up evidence of his good faith in the form of cash. When he supplies the required amount, the con man pleads that he must leave quickly on business, but will return shortly, depositing the envelope containing the cash with his victim. Only when the mark opens the envelope later does he realize that paper cut to size has been substituted for his money. There are endless variations on the game, including the trick where a prostitute collects from a customer first and then goes out the back door. No one has identified the Murphy who first used this ruse to murphy someone. The same holds true for the mur- phy that stands for an Irish or white potato, named so because Murphy is a very common Irish name and potatoes, the En- glish believed, were the staple food of the Irish diet. Donovan, another common Irish name, is also used by the English as slang for a white potato.

词汇	murphy
词源	murphy. A murphy is a confidence game, originating in America, in which the victim is let in on “a good thing” and asked to put up evidence of his good faith in the form of cash. When he supplies the required amount, the con man pleads that he must leave quickly on business, but will return shortly, depositing the envelope containing the cash with his victim. Only when the mark opens the envelope later does he realize that paper cut to size has been substituted for his money. There are endless variations on the game, including the trick where a prostitute collects from a customer first and then goes out the back door. No one has identified the Murphy who first used this ruse to murphy someone. The same holds true for the mur- phy that stands for an Irish or white potato, named so because Murphy is a very common Irish name and potatoes, the En- glish believed, were the staple food of the Irish diet. Donovan, another common Irish name, is also used by the English as slang for a white potato.
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