| 单词 | dinner horn |
| 释义 | > as lemmasdinner horn dinner horn n. chiefly U.S. a horn sounded to announce dinner, esp. on a farm. ΚΠ 1798 M. G. Lewis Castle Spectre i. i. 5 But hark! 'tis the dinner-horn. 1829 Carolina Observer (Fayetteville, N. Carolina) 15 Jan. Presently he heard the dinner horn—it was noon! 1867 ‘T. Lackland’ Homespun iii. 290 From that time until the dinner-horn sounds, no tented field..ever furnished a busier..spectacle. 1922 L. E. Roy Polly of Pebbly Pit viii. 135 At that moment the dinner-horn sounded and the girls started for the house. 2016 Stouffville Sun-Tribune (Nexis) 15 Jan. (Final ed.) (Opinion section) 1 I'll immediately turn off my computer when my wife honks the dinner horn. < as lemmas |
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