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单词 cellar-dwelling
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cellar-dwelling
cellar-dwelling n. and adj. (a) n. an underground or basement room or residence; (b) adj. that inhabits a cellar; (Sport, originally Baseball) that has the lowest ranking (or among the lowest rankings) in a league or other grouping (cf. sense 2c); also in extended use.
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1837 Times 26 Dec. 4/2 The occupiers of cellar dwellings were compelled to find shelter amongst their friends.
1860 Atlantic Monthly June 680/1 If the cellar-dwelling poor can be provided with healthy homes..the worst evil in the condition of our cities will be in a way remedied.
1933 Port Arthur (Texas) News 10 May 8/1 The Beaumont Explorers found the cellar dwelling Oklahoma City Indians easy.
1954 W. Ashworth Genesis Mod. Brit. Town Planning i. ii. 17 The same town contained over 7,800 cellar dwellings.
1979 Trans. Inst. Brit. Geographers 4 69 To the cellar-dwelling Davenports smoke seemed to purify the clammy air of their hovel.
1987 Post-Standard (Syracuse, N.Y.) (Nexis) 12 Feb. (Metro ed.) The ABC boss..came to the presidency..to restore the cellar-dwelling network to its once number-one ranking.
2007 Record (Kitchener-Waterloo, Ont.) (Nexis) 18 June (Sports section) c6 They spotted the cellar-dwelling Ottawa Titans a five-goal lead.
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