英语词汇scot-free的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

scot-free. Like hopscotch, this term for “absolutely free” has no connection with frugal Scotsmen. A scot or sceot was a mu- nicipal tax in 12th-century England and someone who went scot-free was one who succeeded in dodging these taxes. Later the term was given wider currency when scot was used to mean the amount that one owed for entertainment, including drinks, in a tavern—anyone who had a drink on the house went scot- free. The scot in the expression here was reinforced by the fact that all drinks ordered in taverns were scotched, or marked on a slate, enabling the landlord to make a reckoning of how much a person owed.

词汇	scot-free
词源	scot-free. Like hopscotch, this term for “absolutely free” has no connection with frugal Scotsmen. A scot or sceot was a mu- nicipal tax in 12th-century England and someone who went scot-free was one who succeeded in dodging these taxes. Later the term was given wider currency when scot was used to mean the amount that one owed for entertainment, including drinks, in a tavern—anyone who had a drink on the house went scot- free. The scot in the expression here was reinforced by the fact that all drinks ordered in taverns were scotched, or marked on a slate, enabling the landlord to make a reckoning of how much a person owed.
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