| 单词 | dinner basket |
| 释义 | > as lemmasdinner basket f. Designating a basket or other receptacle used to carry a labourer's or schoolchild's dinner, as in dinner bag, dinner basket, dinner box, etc. See also dinner bucket n., dinner pail n. ΚΠ 1822 Westmorland Gaz. 11 May The dinner-basket of a miller in a neighbouring county, having been lately pilfered by some wags for fun, was found to contain—nine hard-boiled duck eggs—upwards of three pounds of cheese, with a proportion of loaf-bread—a quantity of oat-bread..and..an immense preserve pasty. 1882 D. C. Angus Eastern Wonderland viii. 193 Mothers bring..their husbands the provisions in the dinner-box. 1886 T. Hardy Mayor of Casterbridge i, in Graphic 2 Jan. 17/2 His implement on his shoulder, and his dinner-bag suspended therefrom. 1939 F. Thompson Lark Rise i. 15 The leazer's water-can and dinner-basket. 1946 Cornishman 24 Oct. 2/4 A wooden dinner box firmly attached to the carrier of a cycle. 1997 C. Offutt Good Brother iv. 52 Virgil opened his dinner sack. 2014 D. McCaig Ruth's Journey (2015) 105 Ruth offered Jehu their dinner basket. ‘Eat some,’ she urged. < as lemmas |
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