| 单词 | clatter-bone |
| 释义 | > as lemmasclatter-bone clatter-bone n. (also clatter-bane) Scottish (a) a bone humorously supposed to move when one chatters or prates. (b) in plural ‘two pieces of bone or slate held between the fingers, which produce a clattering noise, similar to that from castanets’ (Jamieson). ΚΠ 1721 J. Kelly Compl. Coll. Scotish Prov. 387 (Jam.). 1823 J. Galt Entail I. xx. 166 Thy tongue..gangs like the clatter-bane o' a goose's. < as lemmas |
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