英语词汇jimmy valentine的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	jimmy valentine
词源	Jimmy Valentine. O. Henry’s story, “A Retrieved Reforma- tion,” turned into the play Alias Jimmy Valentine (1909), popu- larizing the term Jimmy Valentine, for a safecracker Jimmy Val- entine, the story’s main character, a master yegg or safe-cracker, was said to be based on a character O. Henry met while serving time for embezzlement.
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