释义 |
frigger2|ˈfrɪgə(r)| [Etym. unknown.] A small glass ornament or testing sample.
1923H. J. Powell Glass-Making in England vii. 100 ‘Friggers’ may be seen as chimney-piece ornaments in glass-blowers' homes in every glass-making district. 1938A. Fleming Scott. & Jacobite Glass ix. 107 Friggers have ever been a feature among East Coast glass-blowers who can produce whole ‘Zoos’ of little glass animals. 1964Punch 29 July 175/1 The best ‘glassmakers' frigger’ of all—a flip-flop. |