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单词 sparrow-bill
释义 ˈsparrow-bill
[f. prec.]
= sparable 1.
The application in quot. 1834–6 is irregular, a sparrow-bill being properly distinct from a brad, and having no projection.
1629Dekker London's Tempe iv. Wks. 1873 IV. 123 Hob⁓nailes to serve the man i' th' moone, And sparrowbils to cloute Pan's shoone.1688Holme Armoury iii. 300/1 Sparrow Bills, Nails to clout Shooes withal.1706[see sparable 1].1834–6P. Barlow in Encycl. Metrop. (1845) VIII. 671/1 The kind of brads called sparrow-bills, (which have a small projection from one side of their heads).1879Cassell's Techn. Educ. IV. 12/1 Those small tacks called sparrowbills, which are much used by shoemakers.
attrib. and Comb.1859Sala Gas-light & D. xxxiii. 387 White drawers and stockings, flaring waist-handkerchiefs and sparrow-bill shoes.1881Instr. Census Clerks (1885) 91 Sparrow-bill Cutter, Maker.
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