词汇 | boniface |
词源 | boniface. Innkeepers are called bonifaces after Will Boniface, a character in George Farquhar’s comedy The Beaux’ Stratagem (1707). Will Boniface is the landlord of an inn in Lichfield, a pleasant old man of 85 with a comic tongue who loves his ale. See lady bountiful. |
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