词组 | Rafferty's rules; Rafferty rules |
释义 | Rafferty's rules; Rafferty rules noun an entire lack of rules altogether AUSTRALIA, 1918 From the Irish surname Rafferty, with the implication that the Irish were unruly. Connection with the Northumberland dialect word raffety “irregular; applied by sinkers to stratified deposits”, and the Lincolnshire term raffatory “refractory” (see English Dialect Dictionary), amount to nothing more than hopeful guesswork.
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