单词 | cooklessness |
释义 | > as lemmasˈcooklessness ˈcooklessness n. now rare the state or condition of being without a cook. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > cooking > cook > [noun] > being without cook cooklessness1868 1868 Chambers's Jrnl. 20 June 387/2 If our present state of cooklessness continues..there would be no great harm..in taking her ‘by the job’. 1904 ‘A. Dale’ Wanted: Cook Ded. To Jennie Shalek: housewife, who, in my hour of drab and dreary cooklessness, when my heart fainted, and tragedy impended, sent her four fair daughters to my aid. 1947 B. Fleming Lightwood Tree ii. 124 Suffering cheerfully with a violent domestic rash of cooklessness and babies and markets. < as lemmas |
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