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单词 tow-row
释义 tow-row, n. and a.|ˈtaʊˈraʊ|
[Reduplicated or extended form of row n.2; orig. dial.]
A. n. An uproar, hubbub, noisy disturbance, din.
1877Holderness Gloss., Tow-row, a confusion, or noisy disturbance.1886Stevenson Kidnapped iv, A blinding flash,..and hard upon the heels of it, a great tow-row of thunder.1894Crockett Raiders (ed. 3) 15 Then..came a great towrow of laughter.1894M. Pemberton Sea-Wolves xxii, For a long space they kept up the tow-row and the din.
B. adj. Intoxicated (? ‘drunk and disorderly’). slang. Obs.
1709Steele & Swift Tatler No. 71 ⁋8 He that drinks till he stares, is no more Tow-Row, but Honest.
So tow-row v., intr. (a) to make a tow-row; (b) dial. (see quot. 1854). Hence tow-rowing vbl. n.
1840Thackeray Barber Cox Mar., Directly the tow⁓rowing began, off went Trumpeter like a thunder-bolt.1854A. E. Baker Northampt. Gloss., Tow-rowing, cleaning out dirty and disorderly places. ‘I've been tow-rowing about all day among the dust’.1899Mrs. E. Kennard Morals Midlands xxvii. 240 The hounds were tow-rowing all round the covert.
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