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单词 bow-case
释义 bow-case|ˈbəʊkeɪs|
[f. bow n.1 4.]
A case in which a bow is kept. In 16–17th c. applied humorously to a lean starveling, a ‘bag of bones’.
1464Mann. & Househ. Exp. 267 Item, for a bowcas, viijd.1544R. Ascham Toxoph. (Arb.) 119 A bowecase of ledder is not the best.1599Marston Sco. Villanie iii. x. 222 Poore budge face, bowcase sleeue, but let him passe.1605Tryall Chev. ii. i. in Bullen Old Pl. (1884) III. 289 Bowyer a Captayne? a Capon..a Yellow-hammer, a bow-case.1874Boutell Arms & Arm. ii. 34 The bow of the Greek hero, when in the field, was carried in a bow-case.
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