| 单词 | cricket box |
| 释义 | > as lemmascricket box cricket box n. (a) a money box for funds relating to cricket (obsolete rare); (b) a box in which cricketing equipment is stored (now rare); (c) = box n.2 11. ΚΠ 1859 F. W. Farrar Eric ii. x. 312 I will just look and see if there's five pounds in the cricket-box. 1863 Notts. Guardian 15 May 3/6 We have kept our cricket box there for seven years, and our foot ball flags. 1919 F. Reid Pirates of Spring (1920) i. vii. 52 Beach, sitting on one of the green, wooden cricket-boxes, opened Janet's letter. 1956 M. Pugh Frogman xi. 162 They sometimes carried shields to protect themselves from bricks and cricket boxes to protect themselves from hatpins. 1967 R. C. Bennett-England Dress Optional iv. 44 Adolescents using handkerchiefs and wearing cricket boxes for general wear to create an impression of being well-endowed. 1995 Focus Aug. 20/1 Don't ever forget to wear a cricket box when you go in to bat. < as lemmas |
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