| 单词 | churchwarden pipe |
| 释义 | > as lemmaschurchwarden pipe churchwarden pipe n. originally and chiefly British a type of clay tobacco pipe with a very long stem. [The semantic motivation is unclear. Perhaps compare also alderman pipe (mid 19th cent. or earlier): 1852 G. A. Sala in Househ. Words 17 Jan. 399/2 But where, sir, is the old original alderman pipe, the churchwarden's pipe, the unadulterated ‘yard of clay’? ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > use of drugs and poison > tobacco > smoking > articles or materials used in smoking > [noun] > pipe > clay-pipe > long churchwarden's pipe1832 churchwarden1840 long clay1841 yard of clay1842 churchwarden pipe1860 1860 Punch 6 Oct. 132/2 For my own part I admit that there are occasions when a churchwarden pipe and a wainscotted tap-room possess irresistible attractions for me. 1927 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 22 Oct. 720/2 In the churchwarden pipe the opportunity for the nicotine to condense is such that the smoke is almost freed from the alkaloid. 2010 Uttoxeter Advertiser (Nexis) 2 June There's a dinner the night before Johnson's birthday and you smoke clay churchwarden pipes and eat steak and kidney pudding. < as lemmas |
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