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单词 fiddle-case
释义

fiddle-casen.

Brit. /ˈfɪdlkeɪs/, U.S. /ˈfɪd(ə)lˌkeɪs/
Forms: see fiddle n. and case n.2
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: fiddle n., case n.2
Etymology: < fiddle n. + case n.2
1. The case in which a fiddle is kept. Also attributive, fiddle-case boots: boots as big as a fiddle-case.
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society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > stringed instruments > bowable instrument > [noun] > violin > case for
boot1594
fiddle-case1647
violin-case1685
1647 N. Ward Simple Cobler Aggawam 26 To spend their lives in making fidle-cases for futilous womens phansies.
1762 O. Goldsmith Citizen of World I. 173 Heads..as empty as a fiddle case.
1837 J. G. Lockhart Mem. Life Scott (1839) VIII. 71 Half a dozen tall footmen each bearing a fiddle case.
1852 R. S. Surtees Mr. Sponge's Sporting Tour xii. lxvi. 365 Tweed trousers thrust into fiddle-case boots.
2. plural. (See quot. 1878-86).
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the world > plants > particular plants > plants perceived as weeds or harmful plants > weed > [noun] > cock's-comb
yellow rattleOE
coxcomba1500
penny-grassa1500
cockcomb1687
rattlebox1866
fiddle-cases1878
lousewort1901
1878–86 J. Britten & R. Holland Dict. Eng. Plant-names Fiddle-cases, Rhinanthus crista-galli.
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