单词 | foot-binder |
释义 | > as lemmasfoot-binder foot-binder n. a person who binds another's feet; esp. one who practises foot-binding. ΚΠ 1881 Trans. College Physicians (Philadelphia) 5 4 A strong white cotton cloth is specially woven for the use of foot-binders, and is almost exclusively employed as the bandage material. 1886 Wanderings in China I. 168 Foot-binders..women whose profession it is to produce this horrible distortion. 1917 Friends' Intelligencer 17 Aug. 519/1 China was pictured as the home of opium-smokers, foot-binders and baby-sellers. 2011 Times (Nexis) 18 Mar. t2 21 The bandages were changed every two days, and professional footbinders made them tighter and tighter until the arches of the feet were broken. < as lemmas |
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