释义 |
froggery|ˈfrɒgərɪ| [f. frog1 + -ery.] 1. An assemblage of frogs, frogs collectively.
1785S. Fielding Ophelia II. ii, The concert, of which the froggery made the bass. 1842Blackw. Mag. LI. 47 A thrush, who is watching the froggery from above. 2. A place where frogs are kept or abound.
1763E. Carter in Pennington's Memoirs (1808) I. 335 A very high causeway, with a perpendicular descent on each side to the toaderies and frogeries below. 1854Tait's Mag. XXI. 695 He had what he called a Froggery and Toadery at the bottom of his orchard. 1871Echo 14 Jan., Mr...confesses to have actually kept a ‘froggery’ for his own private consumption. |