| 单词 | curate's comfort |
| 释义 | > as lemmascurate's comfort b. British. In genitive compounds denoting a cake stand with two or more tiers, as in curate's comfort, curate's delight, curate's friend, etc. Cf. sense 6. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > setting table > table utensils > [noun] > table-vessels > dish or plate > dish on stand compotier1755 comport1771 cake stand1829 curate's comfort1898 curate's delight1898 curate's friend1898 compote1904 curate1914 1898 Vogue 17 Feb. 112/3 I think if some fellow opened a class for instruction in the art of a graceful carrying of the Curates' Delight at afternoon teas that he would coin money. 1934 M. Harrison Weep for Lycidas i. 152 There were two of those curious stands, known as ‘curate's delights’, full of cakes. 1937 N. Coward Present Indicative v. iii. 180 There..were spread tea-tables..‘Curate's Comforts’, and large bowls of strawberries and cream. 1963 D. Smith New Moon with Old (U.S. ed.) i. i. 7 The whole tea, as well as the curate's aid, reminded Jane of her childhood. a1966 M. Allingham Cargo of Eagles (1968) xv. 163 A three tier ‘curate's friend’ cake stand. 1980 R. Gordon Private Life Jack the Ripper (2001) xxiv. 230 Bertie leapt for the drawing-room door, knocking over the ‘curate's delight’, the collapsible three-tiered cake-stand. < as lemmas |
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