| 释义 |
† ˈspousy colloq. Obs.
[f. spouse n. + -y4.]
A humorous diminutive of spouse.
1797M. Robinson Walsingham IV. 337 The joiner will fly off in a tangent, and you'll get no spousy after all. 1801Times 11 Nov., The Peace is very unpopular with the Lawyers' and Citizens' wives, because spousy and footman must pull the cockades out of their hats. 1818Blackw. Mag. III. 533 They made Braun's spousy..appear a perfect skeleton. |