单词 | contract work |
释义 | > as lemmascontract work attributive and in other combinations. Often in the sense, ‘Done, made, or supplied by contract,’ with connotation of low price and inferior workmanship, as contract work, contract job, contract shoes, contract prices. ΚΠ 1665 Sir W. Coventry in Pepys' Corr. 280 By what time each contract-ship building may be ready. 1818 Art of preserving Feet 195 A contract shoe, which perhaps falls in pieces before his day's march is half over. 1888 Pall Mall Gaz. 2 Oct. 6/1 These vessels are to be completed within..one to two years from the contract dates. < as lemmas |
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