单词 | above a bit |
释义 | > as lemmasabove a bit P10. colloquial and English regional. above a bit: exceedingly, to a great degree. ΚΠ 1827 W. Hone Table Bk. I. 76 The little lads..think it must have hurt him ‘above a bit!’ 1848 E. C. Gaskell Mary Barton I. ix 158 I loved her above a bit. 1876 ‘P. Pyper’ Mr. Gray & Neighbours II. 138 There's some on 'em..is gruntling over it above a bit. 1918 Punch 27 Mar. 206/1 Her funnel's caked with Cape Horn ice and blistered in the sun, She's moseyed round above a bit, and, poor old ship, she's done. 2003 A. Garner Thursbitch (2004) 93 ‘Now then, Father.’ ‘Yon was a tragwallet [= journey] and a bit.’ ‘Above a bit. But it made a mighty penny.’ < as lemmas |
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