| 单词 | andrew millar |
| 释义 | > as lemmasAndrew Millar 4. Naval slang. Also Andrew Millar or Andrew Miller. extracted from ˈAndrewn.Π 1596 Shakespeare Merch. V. i. i. 27 And see my wealthy Andrew dockt [early edd. docks] in sand.] 1819 J. H. Vaux New Vocab. Flash Lang. in Mem. Andrew Miller's lugger, a king's ship or vessel. 1864 J. C. Hotten Slang Dict. (new ed.) 67 Andrew Millar, a ship of war. b. The Royal Navy; also (obs.), a government department or authority. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > a or the government > government department or agency > [noun] exchequerc1330 department of state1761 department1769 Foreign Office1784 Andrew Millar1867 Secretariat1926 1867 W. H. Smyth Sailor's Word-bk. 40 Andrew, or Andrew Millar, a cant name..for government and government authorities. 1916 ‘Taffrail’ Carry On! 29 Terms..heard every day in ‘Andrew’, as the bluejacket calls the Navy. 1955 G. Freeman Liberty Man i. iv. 62 That's 'ow it is in the Andrew... That's what we call the navy. 1955 G. Freeman Liberty Man i. iv. 62 A press man called Andrew Miller..forced so many blokes to join, that it got known as Andrew's navy. Then they shortened it to the Andrew. < as lemmas |
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