单词 | eggcupful |
释义 | > as lemmasˈeggcupful ˈeggcupful n. as much as will fill an egg cup. ΚΠ 1836 C. Dickens Pickwick Papers (1837) xvi. 160 There's nothin' so refreshin' as sleep, Sir, as the servant-girl said afore she drank the egg-cup-full o' laudanum. 1871 City-Road Mag. I. 263 We drank all but boiling coffee at half a piastre an egg-cupful. 1905 H. G. Wells Kipps i. v. 88 An egg-cupful of brandy. 1962 E. O'Brien Lonely Girl xix. 237 Egg-cupfuls of Joanna's home-made Advocaat. < as lemmas |
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