| 单词 | contribution-box |
| 释义 | > as lemmascontribution-box attributive and in other combinations, as contribution-box, †contribution-money, †contribution-purse. ΚΠ 1575–6 Act 18 Eliz. c. 17 All Contribucion Money payable to the use of the same Bridge. 1666 in Cambridge (Mass.) Proprietors' Rec. (1896) 211 The Inhabitants..are Assessed to pay the Ministers Salary, and put the Same into the contribution Box. 1753 Scots Mag. Aug. 421/2 Three horses run for a contribution-purse of 10 guineas. 1835 J. H. Ingraham South-West I. xx. 215 The contribution-box or bag makes its begging tour among the pews. 1845 ‘O. Optic’ In Doors & Out (1876) 50 It is only two months since you refused to put anything in the contribution box for the missions. 1875 R. W. Emerson Lett. & Social Aims iv. 119 Milder remedies sometimes serve to disperse a mob. Try sending round the contribution-box. < as lemmas |
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