cross someone's palm with silver

动词 v.

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. Alternative form of cross someone's palm. alt-of,alternative
    — As we drove off I was inclined to ask myself, a little bitterly — and perhaps unjustly — if it were not characteristic of the average London policeman to almost forget the most important part of his information, — at any rate to leave it to the last and only to bring it to the front on having his palm crossed with silver.
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