| 释义 |
ˈside-wipe dial. and U.S.
[f. side n.1 + wipe n.]
1. An indirect rebuke, censure, or hint. dial.
1757in Mrs. Barbauld Life Richardson (1804) VI. 279 Your third paragraph..is such a mixture of kindness and crossness, of spite and good nature, of side-wipes plain and friendly intimations. 1828–in dialect glossaries (Sc., Yks., Linc., Northampton).
2. = side-winder1.
c1850Southern Sketches 31 (Bartlett, 1859), Arch would fetch him a side wipe on the head, and knock him into the middle of next week. 1893Heslop Northumbld. Gloss. |