释义 |
dirt-pie Mud or wet earth formed by children into a shape like a pie; a mud-pie.
a1641Suckling (J.), That which has newly left off making of dirt-pies, and is but preparing itself for a green-sickness. 1695Congreve Love for L. iv. xiii, And for the young Woman..I thought it more fitting for her to learn her Sampler, and make Dirt-Pies, than to look after a Husband. a1734North Exam. iii. vi. §64 (1740) 470 Their Towns..gave Way like Dirt Pyes before his Army. 1793Burke Policy of Allies Wks. VII. 159 Busy in the confection of the dirt-pyes of their imaginary constitutions. 1854Thackeray J. Leech's Pict. (1869) 333 Poor little ragged Polly making dirt-pies in the gutter. |