| 释义 |
bring-and-buy, adj. phr.
Descriptive of a charity bazaar, stall, etc., to which people bring objects for sale, and buy those brought by others. Also ellipt.
1932N.Z. Home & Country 1 Dec. 20/1 A ‘Bring and Buy’ stall was held, the proceeds to be donated to the Plunket Society. 1950S. Ertz Prodigal Heart xii. 210 A recent ‘Bring and Buy’ bazaar in aid of the Crippled Boys' Home. 1952A. Christie Mrs. McGinty's Dead xiv. 115 ‘I got it at the B. and B. at Christmas.’ ‘B. and B.?’..‘Bring and Buy... You bring things you don't want, and you buy something.’ 1967Span July 4 A bring and buy sale and lunch was held at Mrs. Miriam Stevens' house on Boars Hill on June 8th. |