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单词 swelldom
释义 swelldom colloq.|ˈswɛldəm|
[f. swell n. 9 + -dom.]
The realm or world of ‘swells’; people of rank and fashion, or of distinction of any kind.
1855Thackeray Newcomes xliii, When all Swelldom is at her feet.1864J. R. Green Lett. ii. (1901) 152, I..discover what a false pretence antiquarian swelldom is.1885Graphic 21 Feb. 174/2 In the railway train, we sit either in exclusive ‘swelldom’ in the first, or herd with ‘the vulgar’ in the third class.
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