Indian giver
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[编辑]Indian giver (复数 Indian givers)
- (非正式,现冒犯) 送人东西后又想讨回来的人
- 1920, Peter B. Kyne, 章号 41, 出自 Kindred of the Dust:
- Mark me, he'll never take those bonds.... He gave them to you and he's not an Indian giver."
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- 2001, Jon Ippolito, “Whatever Happened to the Gift Economy?”, 出自 Leonardo, 第 34 卷, 第 2 期,第 159 页:
- He was labeled an "Indian giver"—someone who gives a gift only to ask for it back.
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