| 释义 |
pobs, n. pl. dial.|pɒbz|
Also pobbies. Occas. in sing. (Eng. Dial. Dict.).
A dialect and nursery name for porridge, pap, bread and milk.
1828Craven Gloss. (ed. 2), Pobs, Poddish, Porridge. 1848Mrs. Gaskell Mary Barton ix, The child..were awake, and crying for its pobbies. 1894Hall Caine Manxman vi. iv, He was ladling the pobs into the child's mouth. |